CHURCHILL'S FIRST WAR: YOUNG WINSTON AND THE FIGHT AGAINST THE TALIBAN.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.As new - wrapped and protected from day of issue and purchase.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,subject's autobiographical monochrome photographic illustrated dw/dj's front+rear panels,with grey+gilt lettering to front panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped bronze gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a b/w striped headband and immaculate speckled,pale grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw /dj,1st edn,xiv-xxipp +2-298pp [paginated] includes a prologue,9 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w illustrations and photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp74/5 and pp202/3 respectively, acknowledgements,notes,a bibliography and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,memoriam,contents list/table, and 3 single page b/w regional maps (North-West Frontier, Malakand and Chitral). Over a century ago British troops were fighting a vicious frontier war against Afghan tribesmen on the North-West Frontier - the great-great-grandfathers of the Taliban and tribal insurgents in modern day Afghanistan.Winston Churchill,then a young cavalry lieutenant,wrote a vivid account of what he saw during his first major campaign.'The Story of the Malakand Field Force',published in 1898,was Churchill's first book and made his reputation as a writer - and as a soldier.More than 120 years later it is required reading for military commanders on the ground,both British and American. In 'Churchill's First War',acclaimed author and journalist Con Coughlin tells the story of that campaign,a story of high adventure and imperial success,which contains many lessons and warnings for today.Combining historical narrative,interviews with contemporary key players and the journalist's eye for colour and analysis 'Churchill's First War' is not only a dramatic piece of military history but affords us a rare insight into both the nineteenth-century 'Great Game' and the twenty-first-century conflict that has raged longer than the Second World War and taken more lives than the Falklands. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!