The savage border : the history of the North-West Frontier

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The savage border : the history of the North-West Frontier

Jules Stewart

Sutton, 2007

  • : hdk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-233) and index

収録内容
  • People of a lost origin
  • A frontier is born
  • Poachers turned gamekeepers
  • The Hundred Years War
  • A most superior person
  • The red shirts are coming
  • "Did we not fight well?"
  • EPILOGUE: Osama, where art thou?
  • Notes
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巻冊次

: hdk ISBN 9780750944526

内容説明

The first significant book in forty years on this territory viewed for centuries as a lawless wilderness.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780750944892

内容説明

For centuries, Pakistan's North West Frontier has been seen as a lawless wilderness, which more recently has given sanctuary to Osama Bin Laden and other fundamentalist Muslim leaders. This, the first significant book on the territory for 40 years, includes first hand accounts of life and soldiering on the Frontier since the Second World War. It also tells how the British and invaders before and after the Raj, attempted to deal with this unpredictable land of the Pathans. "The Savage Border" provides an in-depth, highly accessible account of life and conflict on the North West Frontier, covering not only the century of British rule since 1849, but also events since the creation of Pakistan in 1947. The author addresses key questions including 'What makes the Pathan so warlike and belligerent to outsiders, from Darius the Great in the 6th century BC to the US Marines in the 21st century AD?' and 'Can these tribesmen ever be brought into society's fold and persuaded to give up their terrorist comrades? The author is a specialist in North West Frontier affairs, who has travelled extensively in Pakistan.

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