The Great Game: Afghanistan - Part 1 - 1842-1930 Invasion and Independence - Bugles at the Gates of Jalalabad/Durand's Line/Campaign/Now is the Time
Work:: The Great Game: Afghanistan - Part 1 - 1842-1930 Invasion and Independence (S0137721013)
Production:: Bugles at the Gates of Jalalabad/Durand's Line/Campaign/Now is the Time (T595582512)
Bugles at the Gates of Jalalabad - by Stephen Jeffreys - In January 1842 a contingent of British soldiers, 16000 strong, retreated from Kabul. Only a few stragglers were left alive in the British Army’s worst defeat in history. The General’s wife, Lady Sale, documents the battles in the Hindu Kush; whilst four buglers sound the advance at the gates of Jalalabad as a signal to any survivors.
Durand's Line by Ron Hutchinson - Amir Abdul Rahman has kept the Indian Foreign Secretary, Sir Mortimer Durand, cooped up in Kabul for weeks. Sir Mortimer is desperate to negotiate the division of Waziristan to avenge the humiliation of his father’s name. Rahman fights to protect his country’s borders from Imperialist map-making.
Campaign by Amit Gupta Harry Hawk MP, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary needs to find a new approach to policy in Afghanistan. Hawk summons the expert, Professor Khan to advise on the potential success of the ’supplementary plan’ conceived by the civil service.While Hawk hopes that history can repeat itself, Khan is not convinced that it will.
Now is the Time by Joy Wilkinson - King Amanullah, his wife Soraya and his father-in-law, Tarzi are fleeing the capital. Their car is marooned in the snow, while Pashtun tribes and Tajik forces march towards Kabul.Will the Soviet Union help? Will the British interfere? Parts 1, 2 & 3 can be seen separately and not necessarily in chronological order
Listing:: L140804274
Trilogy cost - £22-25 before Apr 10th. £32-36 after Apr 10th
Bugles at the Gates of Jalalabad/Durand's Line/Campaign/Now is the Time
Bugles at the Gates of Jalalabad - by Stephen Jeffreys - In January 1842 a contingent of British soldiers, 16000 strong, retreated from Kabul. Only a few stragglers were left alive in the British Army’s worst defeat in history. The General’s wife, Lady Sale, documents the battles in the Hindu Kush; whilst four buglers sound the advance at the gates of Jalalabad as a signal to any survivors.
Durand's Line by Ron Hutchinson - Amir Abdul Rahman has kept the Indian Foreign Secretary, Sir Mortimer Durand, cooped up in Kabul for weeks. Sir Mortimer is desperate to negotiate the division of Waziristan to avenge the humiliation of his father’s name. Rahman fights to protect his country’s borders from Imperialist map-making.
Campaign by Amit Gupta Harry Hawk MP, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary needs to find a new approach to policy in Afghanistan. Hawk summons the expert, Professor Khan to advise on the potential success of the ’supplementary plan’ conceived by the civil service.While Hawk hopes that history can repeat itself, Khan is not convinced that it will.
Now is the Time by Joy Wilkinson - King Amanullah, his wife Soraya and his father-in-law, Tarzi are fleeing the capital. Their car is marooned in the snow, while Pashtun tribes and Tajik forces march towards Kabul.Will the Soviet Union help? Will the British interfere? Parts 1, 2 & 3 can be seen separately and not necessarily in chronological order Trilogy cost - £22-25 before Apr 10th. £32-36 after Apr 10th
© Dynamic Listing Ltd, UK. 1995-2024