''The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War'' was an 1898 book written by
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from ...
; it was his first published work of non-fiction.
The book describes
a military campaign by the British army on the North West Frontier (now western Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan)
in 1897. It is dedicated to
General Bindon Blood.
The story of the campaign and Churchill's part in it is told in ''Churchill's First War: Young Winston and the Fight Against the Taliban'' (2013) by
Con Coughlin
Con Coughlin (born 14 January 1955) is a British journalist and author, currently ''The Daily Telegraph'' defence editor.
Early life
Coughlin was born in 1955 in London, England. He read Modern History at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he spe ...
.
''Con Coughlin Discusses Churchill's First War''
Chartwell Bulletin #68 - Feb 2014. winstonchurchill.org
References
External links
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The Story of the Malakand Field Force
' at archive.org
1898 non-fiction books
Books by Winston Churchill
Books about military history
Books about British India
Military history of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
English non-fiction literature
Books written by prime ministers of the United Kingdom
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