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| Tango01 | 25 Sep 2020 10:42 p.m. PST |
" A bit of a break from WW2 with a book that has been sitting on my reading shelf for some time. Not that I wasn't interested, it's just that it might spark a burst of wargamers disease and I have quite enough projects! Warfare in and on the borders of Afghanistan during the period and beyond was common. However, there are three specific campaigns covered in this book – 1839-42, 1878-81 and 1919. As the author puts it, "The wars were marked by varying degrees of political and military incompetence and brilliance". Most of them were also unnecessary, as the causes had often disappeared by the time troops were dispatched, and diplomacy would have been a better solution…."
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