Frontiers and Wars - Winston S. Churchill - Hardcover wwi28 on bloody Omaha

on bloody Omaha

the established models for fighting 'small wars' proved distressingly ineffective against resilient insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan

the author shows how this handsome loner provided the impetus for the dramatic events in the early hours of August 5

around the period in which the famous El Cid lived (actually: Rodrigo Diaz de Vivat)

Frontiers and Wars - Winston S. Churchill - Hardcover wwi28 on bloody OmahaFrontiers and Wars brings together Sir Winston Churchill's splendid early works, which he wrote as a soldier and war correspondent in the far reaches of the British Empire at the turn of the century. Here in their entirety are "The Story of the Malakand Field Force", a thrilling report of frontier warfare in British India; "The River War", covering the history of the Sudan, the rise of Arab nationalism, and consequent battles with British and Egyptian