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User Review - carterchristian1 - LibraryThingI read the Gutenberg version of this book. So much of the descriptions of the Afghans and their fighting spirit rings true today as McKrystal tries to deal with the Taliban in such a way as to release ... Read full review
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Page 54 - It appears that as the result of two successful campaigns, of the employment of an enormous force, and of the expenditure of large sums of money, all that has been accomplished has been the disintegration of the state which it was desired to see strong. friendly and independent, the assumption of fresh and unwelcome liabilities in regard to one of the provinces and a condition of anarchy throughout the remainder of the country.
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| Title | Afghanistan and the Anglo-Russian Dispute: An Account of Russia's Advance Toward India ... |
| Author | Theophilus Francis Rodenbough |
| Publisher | G. P. Putnam's sons, 1885 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Oct 12, 2007 |
| Length | 139 pages |
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