| Description |
ix, 313 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Modern war studies |
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Modern war studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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 celebre, 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. |
| Subject |
Waziristan (Pakistan) -- History, Military -- 19th century.
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Waziristan (Pakistan) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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Great Britain -- Armed Forces -- Pakistan -- Waziristan -- History -- 19th century.
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Great Britain -- Armed Forces -- Pakistan -- Waziristan -- History -- 20th century.
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India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.
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| ISBN |
9780700616992 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0700616993 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
CDX 10706234 |
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