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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.).
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hill, George J., 1932-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Military intelligence--United States--History--20th century.
- Military intelligence.
- Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.
- Intelligence officers.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan)--History, Military.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan).
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan)--Description and travel.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan)--History--20th century.
- Enders, Gordon B. (Gordon Bandy).
- Enders, Gordon B.
- Zimmermann, Albert Walter.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Other Title:
- Story of a U.S. Navy intelligence mission on the Afghan border, 1943
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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. "-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61251-328-X
- OCLC:
- 858159633
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