The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire and Invasion.(Brief article)(Book review)

From: Contemporary Review | Date: March 22, 2008 | Copyright information

The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire and Invasion. Paddy Docherty. Faber and Faber. [pounds sterling]17.99. xxiv + 261 pages. ISBN 978-0-571-21977-3. The historic mountainous route is a thirty-mile pass through the White Mountains of northwest Pakistan. It has always been a 'strategic possession without equal' because it allows passage from Afghanistan to Pakistan, India and eastwards. This importance applied to the Persians 2,500 years ago, to the Raj and to the modern day 'war on...

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