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The Road to Kabul: The Second Afghan War 1878-1881
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780853687191 Book cover for 9781862271968
 
from Spellmount Ltd Pub (September 1, 2003); titled "The Road to Kabul: The Second Afghan War 1878 1881"
9781862271968 | details & prices | 328 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $45.00
About: 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.
from Arms & Armour (December 1, 1986)
9780853687191 | details & prices | List price $39.95
About: 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.
Paperback
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from History Pr Ltd (September 1, 2008)
9781862274167 | details & prices | 320 pages | 6.00 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.22 lbs | List price $34.95
About: 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.