The Story of the Malakand Field Force

The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War was an 1898 book written by Winston Churchill; it was his first published work of non-fiction.[1]

The Story of the Malakand Field Force
First edition
AuthorWinston Churchill
LanguageEnglish
PublisherLongman
Publication date
1898
Publication placeGreat Britain
Pages268
ISBN978-0-486-47474-8
OCLC319491196
954.91/20355
LC ClassDS392.N67 C48 2010

The book describes a military campaign by the British army on the North West Frontier (now western Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan) in 1897. It is dedicated to General Bindon Blood.

The story of the campaign and Churchill's part in it is told in Churchill's First War: Young Winston and the Fight Against the Taliban (2013) by Con Coughlin.[2]

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  1. ^ "The Story of Malakand Field Force". Bloomsbury.
  2. ^ Con Coughlin Discusses Churchill's First War. Chartwell Bulletin #68 - Feb 2014. winstonchurchill.org
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