Lt. General B W B White-Spunner CBE
| Bio | Brigadier Barney White-Spunner has had a life-long interest in the work of Sir Aurel Stein and, in 1993, he retraced Stein's first Central Asian journey along the edge of the Taklamakan Desert. In 2001, a regular soldier, he ran Kabul as commander of the Coalition Forces who entered the city after the fall of the Taliban regime and was able to restore Stein's grave which had been damaged in the fighting. |
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Lectures to The Society
| Title | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Iraq - A Military View |  |
Oct 2010 |
| Aurel Stein: A Mentor for Modern Central Asia |  |
Oct 2003 |
Articles in the Journal
| Aurel Stein: a Mentor for Modern Central Asia | ||
| Lt. General B W B White-Spunner | ||
| Asian Affairs, Volume 35 Number 2 | July 2004 | |
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