“Includes bibliography”—(p. 196-203).

Contents: List of maps—Acknowledgements—Introduction disaster and triumph in Afghanistan—Chapter 1 : background : Afghanistan and Roberts—Chapter 2 : marriage, friends and frontier—Chapter 3 : war in Afghanistan—Chapter 4 : into battle : the Peiwar Kotal—Chapter 5 : at odds with desperate men—Chapter 6 : martial law at Kabul—Chapter 7 : backs to the wall—Chapter 8 : Kandahar to Kabul—Chapter 9 : fateful decisions—Chapter 10 : march to victory—Chapter 11 : epilogue—Notes—Select bibliography—Index.

Summary: This title describes the role of Frederick Roberts in the 2nd Afghan War, culminating in his famous march in 1880 with 10,000 picked British and Indian soldiers, 300 miles in 23 days, from Kabul to Kandahar, to defeat the Afghan army of Ayub Khan, pretender to the Amirship of Kabul.