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When the British invaded Afghanistan in 1878, forty years after the first attempt, it was to scotch Russian influence and to install a friendly government. This book accounts various questions such as why it was fought, why it was necessary, who was responsible and what it achieved.

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9781862271968, titled "The Road to Kabul: The Second Afghan War 1878 1881" | Spellmount Ltd Pub, September 1, 2003, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Forty years after the disastrous First Afghan War, the British found themselves invading Afghanistan again to remove Russian influence and install a government friendly to the British Empire.
9780853687191 | Arms & Armour, December 1, 1986, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Among Britain's imperial wars, the campaigns in Afghanistan present some of the most vivid contrasts—of heroism and sacrifice, incompetence and folly, disastrous defeat and glorious victory.

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9781862274167 | History Pr Ltd, September 1, 2008, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: When the British invaded Afghanistan in 1878, forty years after the first attempt, it was to scotch Russian influence and to install a friendly government.

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The Third Afghan War has some claim to be the least-known of all British imperial conflicts - even among military historians. Illustrated with maps and contemporary photographs, this title is an account of this important and fascinating chapter in British history.

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9781862272118 | Spellmount Ltd Pub, June 1, 2004, cover price $39.95

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9781862274037 | Spellmount Ltd Pub, June 1, 2007, cover price $38.00 | About this edition: The Third Afghan War has some claim to be the least-known of all British imperial conflicts - even among military historians.

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Product Description: Playing on the marshes of the Solway Firth one day, young Alan Edmunds could have little idea of the significance of the plane crash he was about to witness, from the wreckage of which he pulled an American Air Force pilot. Focusing on successive generations of one family, Brian Robson's Snakes, Some Ladders charts the progress of Alan, his son David, and finally his grandson Ralph, from post-war austerity to present-day prosperity...read more

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9781844018994 | Athena Pr Pub Co, February 28, 2007, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Playing on the marshes of the Solway Firth one day, young Alan Edmunds could have little idea of the significance of the plane crash he was about to witness, from the wreckage of which he pulled an American Air Force pilot.

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Product Description: The Hadendowah tribesmen (known as "Fuzzy Wuzzies" because of their hairstyle) are reckoned by many as the British Army's fiercest opponents. This colorful account is also a serious study of Britain's motivations and capabilities for overseas operations at the time.

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9781885119056 | Sarpedon Pub, March 1, 1995, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The Hadendowah tribesmen (known as "Fuzzy Wuzzies" because of their hairstyle) are reckoned by many as the British Army's fiercest opponents.

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Product Description: Published for the Army Records Society.

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9780750904018 | Sutton Pub Ltd, September 1, 1993, cover price $80.00 | About this edition: Published for the Army Records Society.

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By Brian Robson (editor)

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9780389207313 | Barnes & Noble Imports, January 1, 1988, cover price $75.00 | also contains Transformers Classics 8

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