Churchill's First War

‘Vividly captures Churchill’s absolute single-mindedness.’ Spectator ‘Persuasively written and well-balanced in its emphasis, it provides an intriguing introduction to the present crisis in Afghanistan through the exploits of the region’s most famous combatant’ Sunday Times ‘As Con Coughlin reveals in an intriguing and exciting study, the story of Churchill’s tussles with the ancestors of today’s Taliban is one of high adventure’ Scotsman