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156 rich political meaning. It is a deliberate and detailed dissection of the fallacies of the ' Forward Policy ' and the search for the ' Scientific Frontier.' "

—"In the third volume of his historical study of the events of the ' Second Afghan War,' Colonel Hanna successfully carries on, upon its established lines, a book already accepted as an authority by close students of the history of British India, and of the development of Indian Frontier Policy. "

—" In Colonel Hanna the country possessed a soldier, and now possesses an historian the ablest and soundest of them all. Technical judgment, political wisdom, and utter fearlessness characterise every chapter of this vivid work, and although very many years are sped since the Afghan campaign was undertaken, the public are as liable to accept the rose-coloured official reports as ever; and men like the author are, indeed, the only safeguard they possess against political intrigues having for their object the subjugation of races we should do all in our power to strengthen and convert into friends and allies."

—"The impression made by the first two volumes, that the work would be a valuable contribution to the history of British rule in India, is confirmed by this, the concluding volume, which shows, as did the others, that Colonel Hanna was well fitted to deal with the complex problems, political and military, which beset our relations with the great and always perturbing Power on the North-west Frontier of India,"

—" Colonel Hanna is no mere historian of the events he describes. He took his part in them as an officer on the staff, and writes, therefore, from first-hand knowledge. We have in these pages a minute account of the vicissitudes of the campaign, illustrated by strategical maps of perfect lucidity and accuracy, and illuminated by observations recorded by the author from a military point of view, which award praise or blame with an almost icy impartiality."

—"For the student of British military history there is in these three volumes a wealth of invaluable information, and if the work finds readers to anything approaching the number it deserves, it may be that the bitter experiences of the second Afghan War will not be wasted. Every statesman, every soldier, and every politician owes it to his country that he should study with the utmost care Colonel Hanna's admirably written and most convincing pages."