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Waging war in Waziristan : the British struggle in the land of Bin Laden, 1849-1947
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- Creator
- Andrew M. Roe
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2010]
- ©2010
- Series
- Physical Details
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- ix, 313 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780700616992, 0700616993
- OCLC
- ocn435711235
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The lay of the land: Waziristan's people, history, and terrain -- Blood for blood: the tribal culture of code -- Securing the frontier: politics, policy, and tribal realities -- The forward policies: British influence, political control, and the Maliki system -- 1930s Waziristan: the British administrative apparatus -- The mailed fist in the velvet glove: the army of India and the Royal Air Force -- A cause célèbre, the Fakir of Ipi, and the British response: the trial case of Islam Bibi and the 1936-1937 campaign -- Keeping the flame of insurrection alight, 1938-1947 -- The hard-earned lessons and realities of the British experience in Waziristan, Part 1 -- The hard-earned lessons and realities of the British experience in Waziristan, Part 2, -- Contemporary parallels and prognostications
Subjects
- Waziristan (Pakistan) -- History, Military -- 19th century.
- Waziristan (Pakistan) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
- Great Britain -- Armed Forces -- Pakistan -- Waziristan -- History -- 19th century.
- Great Britain -- Armed Forces -- Pakistan -- Waziristan -- History -- 20th century.
- India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.