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Frontier Ablaze : The North-West Frontier Rising, 1897-98 by Michael Barthorp (1997, Hardcover)

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Of all the actions fought on Indians Northwest Frontier (todays Afghanistan and Pakistan), the campaign of 1897 was the most threatening to the British Empire. Barthorpe, an authority on the British Army and its uniforms, chronicles the year-long campaign to regain the Khyber Pass. His narrative is interspersed with numerous b&w photos. Color plates feature paintings showing uniforms of the various participants. Distributed in the US by Combined Books, Inc. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHachette Books

ISBN-101859150233

ISBN-139781859150238

eBay Product ID (ePID)2074760

Product Key Features

Book TitleFrontier Ablaze : the North-West Frontier Rising, 1897-98

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1997

TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY)

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorMichael Barthorp

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight46.4 Oz

Item Length12.9 in

Item Width9.5 in

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SynopsisOf all the actions fought on India's Northwest Frontier (today's Afghanistan and Pakistan), the campaign of 1897 was the most threatening to the British Empire. A widespread alliance of Frontier tribes overran numerous British outposts and even occupied the fabled Khyber Pass itself. India was directly threatened and Britain's international prestige suffered.Michael Barthorpe, a foremost authority on the British Army and it's uniforms, chronicles the year-long campaign to regain the Khyber Pass. A series of color plates presents the most accurate depiction, based on the most recent research, of the uniforms of the various participants.