Afghanistan: History Repeating Itself?
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Afganistan, the Greatest Disaster of the British Empire
The british sent up to administer afghanistan a bunch of people who, on the face of it, were quite well qualiified to do so. But they behave every bit as badly as any subsequent invader. And particularly alexander burns, who is basically kept out of a job by his boss, becomes a serial womanizer and makes the huge mistake of seducing the mistress of one of the leading chieftains in his coalition. The east india company cantuman i sitting as if it were in a field in bengal itis, actually surrounded, as the american embassy now is, by mountains on every side. This kicks off a rebellion which no
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