The Frontier Force Regiment.
Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1962.
color frontispiece, plates after photographs and paintings, numerous maps, mostly folding. xxii, [2], 592 pages. Short 4to, original tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover with insignia in gilt. Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1962. First Edition. Very good(+). Scarce.
The regiment's origins date back to the pre-Mutiny period, and it still exists in modern-day Pakistan, comprising 52 battalions, including many Sikh units. The book traces the activities in many theatres of war, from Afghanistan, over Northwest Frontier conflicts, the First World War (mostly in the wider Middle East, Iraq and Palestine), to the Second World War (East Africa, Mediterranean, Malaya, Burma, and again in the Middle East).
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good(+)
Language: English
Price: $600.00
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