PRESS OPINIONS ON THE FIRST VOLUME
OF "THE SECOND AFGHAN WAR"
The Times.—"Now that opinion in regard to Indian frontier policy has undergone a marked change, Colonel H. B. Hanna's careful study of the events which led up to the Second Afghan War is distinctly opportune.... From first to last, the book will well repay study by every one who cares to understand how wars can be made—and avoided."
The Observer.—"We know of no one better qualified to deal with events in Afghanistan than Colonel H. B. Hanna."
Pall Mall Gazette.— "Colonel Hanna's tremendous care, completeness and clearness, with his intense conviction, make him a very powerful writer."
Athenæum.—"The ability with which his case is presented is considerable, and it is probable that in his main line his view is a well-founded one.'
Morning Leader.—"Colonel Hanna is peculiarly well fitted to handle the multiplicity of questions—political, military, financial, and social—that arise in connection with the Second Afghan War."
Manchester Guardian.—"Colonel Hanna calls his book, of which the first volume has now been published, The Second Afghan War; but its scope is wider than the title.... The present volume justifies the hope that the work when completed will possess the highest political value. Colonel Hanna brings to his task a mind imbued with Liberal principles, as well as an almost unrivalled knowledge of the frontier-problem in its military and political aspects."
Leeds Mercury.—"Colonel Hanna's work promises to be the standard authority on the history of the Second Afghan. War. It is
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