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On Afghanistan's Plains: The Light Dragoons in Helmand 2006-2012

On Afghanistan's Plains: The Light Dragoons in Helmand 2006-2012

Mallinson, Allan

Hardcover

Afghan War (2001-2021)Central Asian History

Publisher Price: $42.95

ISBN10: 1036116875
ISBN13: 9781036116873
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Published: Oct 30 2025
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Recounts the Light Dragoons' four arduous tours in Helmand during Operation Herrick, highlighting strategy, combat, and courage.

On Afghanistan's Plains tells the story of four gruelling tours of duty during Operation Herrick, the codename under which British operations in Afghanistan were conducted from 2002 until 2014 when the mission changed from direct combat with the Taliban to one of mentoring Afghan forces. Allan Mallinson, military historian and former Light Dragoons officer, explains Operation Herrick's complex historical and strategic background and describes the evolving tactical thinking in this multi-national, NATO-led campaign.

Almost from the start, The Light Dragoons, a small, tight-knit, family regiment recruiting in Yorkshire and the north-east of England, were in action in Helmand Province, the principal British area of operations. As an armoured reconnaissance regiment they played a leading role in Operation Panther's Claw, the month-long battle in the searing summer heat of 2012, which saw much hard fighting and many casualties, and proved to be a turning point in the campaign.

On Afghanistan's Plains describes what it was like to be in Helmand on foot or cooped-up in an armoured vehicle fighting the Taliban. NATO's commander-in-chief in Afghanistan in later years, US General Stanley McChrystal, paid The Light Dragoons the greatest compliment: When I looked into their eyes, which were bloodshot with fatigue, I remember the extraordinary professionalism, competence and the sheer courage of those young men.

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