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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/campaignsonnorth00nevi#page/n5/mode/2up ''Campaigns on the North-West Frontier''] by Capt H.L.Nevill DSO 1912 (archive.org)<br>
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/fromblackmountai00wyll#page/n5/mode/2up ''From the Black Mountain to Waziristan being an account of the border countries and the more turbulent of the tribes controlled by the North-west frontier province, and of our military relations with them in the past] by H. C. Wylly 1912 Archive.org<br>
*''The Problem Of The North-West Frontier 1890-1908'' by Collin C Davies 1932 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Alternatively, it may be downloaded as a pdf from [http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/handle/OUDL/1934 OUDL] Osmania University Digital Library. May only be available Indian office hours (IST 10 am to 6 pm), (IST = GMT+5:30). <br> It is also available to download as a pdf from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], located under Books, Indian Subcontinent, 1932.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924024153797#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Pathan borderland: a consecutive account of the country and people on and beyond the Indian frontier from Chitral to Dera Ismail Khan''] by C.M. Enriquez 2nd edition 1921 (First published 1909) Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/gunrunningindian00kepp#page/n9/mode/2up ''Gun-running and the Indian north-west frontier''] by the Hon. Arnold Keppel 1911 Archive.org
*[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34655/supplements/5667 "Report on Operations in Waziristan, 16th December, 1937 to the 31st December, 1938"] ''London Gazette Supplement'' 18 August 1939
*''Bugles and a Tiger'' by John Masters is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The original edition [http://archive.org/details/buglesandtigervo00mast ''Bugles and a Tiger; a Volume of Autobiography''] published in 1956 is available to read online through the Internet Archive (Archive.org) Lending Library. The main restriction is that only one person can see a particular book at one time (so the book may be ‘checked out’). For more details see [[Online books#Archive.org|Online books-Archive.org]]
*''India’s North-West Frontier'' by Sir William Barton 1939 may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The author was in the Indian Civil Service for 35 years. It is also available to download as a pdf from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], located under Books, Indian Subcontinent, 1939.
*Actions in Waziristan continued during WW2, although details are not known. Awards appearing in the ''London Gazette Supplement''s indicate some of the regiments involved. There were also awards to RAF personnel.[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34977/supplements/6175 1939] ''LGS'' 25 October 1940, [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35195/supplements/3495 1940] ''LGS'' 20 June 1941, [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35825/supplements/5495 1942] ''LGS'' 15 December 1942, [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36261/pages/5176 1943] ''LGS'' 25 November 1943
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/IndianMountainArtillery/mountainartillery#page/n3/mode/2up ''The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery''] by Brigadier-General C A L Graham 1957 Archive.org.
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