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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not As Bad As All of That, Eh?
Drawing from the journals of generations of British soldiers and government officials who served on the infamous North-West Frontier in Afghanistan, Richards vividly communicates the danger and excitement confronting those engaged in bitter conflict. Covers the Victorian times on this border to the Russian invasion in 1970s. The writing could be better, but the...
Published on November 26, 2005 by Texas Book Lover
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
wooden style spoils the book
The author's fascinating subject--brave deeds in an exotic land--succumbs entirely to his inability to make the subject come alive. The book is primarily of interest because of its bibliography
Published on August 6, 2005 by another reader
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not As Bad As All of That, Eh?,
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This review is from: The Savage Frontier: A History of the Anglo-Afghan Wars (Paperback)
Drawing from the journals of generations of British soldiers and government officials who served on the infamous North-West Frontier in Afghanistan, Richards vividly communicates the danger and excitement confronting those engaged in bitter conflict. Covers the Victorian times on this border to the Russian invasion in 1970s. The writing could be better, but the information is interesting and important to understanding today's Afghanistan.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
wooden style spoils the book,
This review is from: The Savage Frontier: A History of the Anglo-Afghan Wars (Paperback)
The author's fascinating subject--brave deeds in an exotic land--succumbs entirely to his inability to make the subject come alive. The book is primarily of interest because of its bibliography
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Sophomoric,
By skbooksca "skbooksca" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Savage Frontier: A History of the Anglo-Afghan Wars (Paperback)
Here's a book pretending to be a history while written like a young boy's adventure. The only "research" seems to come from the prejudiced memoirs of "solders" bemoaning the loss of their stores of "liqueurs and cigars" while they occupied a simple people who thrashed them until they left.
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The Savage Frontier by D. S. Richards (Hardcover - June 14, 1990)
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