The Story of the Malakand Field Force

by Winston S. Churchill

Overview

Seeking military distinction, the 22-year-old Winston S. Churchill talked his way into the Malakand Field Force as a war correspondent, reporting on the front line in a struggle against restless tribes on the Northwest Frontier. Churchill describes dramatic campaigns, his writing always rooted in the exotic and, at times, adverse environment of the area now part of Pakistan. This experience of entrenched and increasingly mechanized warfare almost certainly influenced his command during the First World War, when he was better able than most to understand the nature of military stalemate. In this, his first book, he collected his reports of the conflict, providing a fascinating look at the start of Churchill's career as both a writer and as a soldier.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472586315
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/24/2015
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Sir Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on two occasions, from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Celebrated as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the 20th century, he was also a gifted orator, statesman and historian. The author of more than 40 books, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 and in 1963 was made an honorary citizen of the United States.

Table of Contents

1. The Theatre of War
2. The Malakand Camps
3. The Outbreak
4. The Attack on the Malakand
5. The Relief of Chakdara
6. The Defence of Chakdara
7. The Gate of Swat
8. The Advance Against the Mohmands
9. Reconnaissance
10. The March to Nawagai
11. The Action of the Mamund Valley, 16th September
12. At Inayat Kila
13. Nawagai
14. Back to the Mamund Valley
15. The Work of the Cavalry
16. Submission
17. Military Observations
18. The Riddle of the Frontier
Appendix: Extracts from Official Despatches