MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009035484
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008 090827s2010 ksuab b s001 0 eng
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050 00 $aDS392.W3$bR64 2010
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100 1 $aRoe, Andrew M.
245 10 $aWaging war in Waziristan :$bthe British struggle in the land of Bin Laden, 1849-1947 /$cAndrew M. Roe.
260 $aLawrence :$bUniversity Press of Kansas,$cc2010.
300 $aix, 313 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aModern war studies
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 295-308) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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 -- 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.
651 0 $aWaziristan (Pakistan)$xHistory, Military$y19th century.
651 0 $aWaziristan (Pakistan)$xHistory, Military$y20th century.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xArmed Forces$zPakistan$zWaziristan$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xArmed Forces$zPakistan$zWaziristan$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aIndia$xHistory$yBritish occupation, 1765-1947.