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Proceed to Peshawar : the story of a U.S. Navy intelligence mission on the Afghan border, 1943 / / George J. Hill, Captain, Medical Corps, USNR (Ret.)



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Autore: Hill George J. <1932-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Proceed to Peshawar : the story of a U.S. Navy intelligence mission on the Afghan border, 1943 / / George J. Hill, Captain, Medical Corps, USNR (Ret.) Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Annapolis, MD : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2013]
©2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
Disciplina: 940.54/8673
Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Military intelligence - United States
Military intelligence - United States - History - 20th century
Intelligence officers - United States
Soggetto geografico: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) History, Military
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) Description and travel
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) History 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Classificazione: HIS027100HIS027000HIS027150
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sommario/riassunto: "Proceed to Peshawar is a story of adventure in the Hindu Kush Mountains and of a previously untold military and naval intelligence mission during World War II by two American officers along 800 miles of the Durand Line, the porous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. They passed through the tribal areas and the princely states of the North-West Frontier Province, and into Baluchistan. This appears to be the first time that any American officials were permitted to travel for any distance along either side of the Durand Line. Many British political and military officers believed that India would soon be free, and that the Great Game between Russia and Britain in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries would then come to an end. Some of them thought that the United States should, and would, assume Britain's role in Central Asia, and they wanted to introduce America to this ancient contest. "--
Altri titoli varianti: Story of a U.S. Navy intelligence mission on the Afghan border, 1943
Titolo autorizzato: Proceed to Peshawar  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61251-328-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910463170503321
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