North-West Frontier: people and events 1839-1947
North-West Frontier: people and events 1839-1947
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西北边境：1839-1947 年的人物与事件
DOI：
10.2307/2754849
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发表时间：
1967
影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
A. Swinson
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作者：
A. Swinson
本书由十五章组成，附有结语、参考书目和索引。作家阿瑟·斯温森（Arthur Swinson，1915-70 年）是一名英国陆军军官，第二次世界大战期间在印度科希马东印度阵线服役。书中对军事战役、军队战术、军事术语、战争装备、部队单位等的详尽叙述，可以看出作者的军事生涯。这是英属印度边疆地区的故事。作者不仅关注英国西北联邦省，还关注整个边疆地区，包括今天的巴基斯坦地区，即旁遮普省、信德省和俾路支省。这是一个有趣且内容丰富的故事，讲述了世界上最迷人的地区在其最迷人的时期之一。这本书几乎包含了与英国统治期间西北联邦党历史有关的所有主题，因此对于历史学生来说可能是有用的教材。这本书首先对该地区的地理、人民及其特征进行了非常有趣的描述。对印度河从源头到阿拉伯海、其流域和防御位置的描述十分详尽。该地区的地形，Pakhtun，他们的起源，他们的美德和恶习，对暴力的热爱，Pkhtun wali。旅行者的记述写得很好。杜兰尼帝国的历史也被简要追溯。在整本书中，作者在叙述中遵循了伟人理论。他甚至专门为他们写了名字章节，比如，奥克兰勋爵有一个计划，英国西姆拉的诗人找到了英雄。他用非常崇高的语言讨论了许多英国文武官员的个性。其中包括奥克兰勋爵、亚历山大·伯姆斯、麦克纳滕、卡瓦尼亚里、查尔斯·纳皮尔、约翰·雅各布、桑德曼和约翰·劳勒伦斯等。
The book is comprised of fifteen chapters with an epilogue, bibliography and an index. The writer Arthur Swinson (1915-70) was a British Army officer, served in India during Second World War on the East Indian Front of Kohima. The writer’ s military career can be judged in the book by his elaborate narrations of military campaign, army tactics, military terminology, equipment of wars and army units etc. The book is written in the narration form. It is the story of Frontier region of British India. The writer does not only focus on the British N.W.F.P Province, but the whole belt of the Frontier region which include the area of present day Pakistan i.e. Punjab, Sindh and Baluchistan also. It is an interesting and informative story of the most fascinating area of the world during one of its most fascinating period. The book contains nearly all the topics pertaining to the history of N.W.F.P during British rule, so it could be useful text for the students of history. The book begins with very interesting account of the geography of the region, its people and their characteristics. The description pf river Indus from its source to Arabian Sea, its basin and defensive position is well elaborated. The topography of the region, the Pakhtun, their origin, their virtues and vices, love for violence, Pkhtun wali. The accounts of travelers is well written. The history of Durrani Empire is also briefly traced. Throughout the book the writer followed the Great man Theory in his narration. He even dedicated the names chapters to them like, Lord Auckland has a plan, the poet in Simla, England finds a Hero. He discussed the personalities of many British civil and military officers in very exalted language .Some of them are Lord Auckland, Alexander Burms, Macnahten, Cavagnari, Charls Napier, John Jacob, Sandemenn, and John Lawlerance and so on.