Kipling's glorified an obscenely brutal Imperialist war

I'm not so sure he glorified it, Jim. The ford o'Kabul River and Cholera camp being good descriptions of certain horrors. I don't claim to know all his work but even some of the famous - The afore mentioned 'Gungadin' and 'Tommy' give accounts of the issues faced by soldiers rather than glorifying any particular campaign. I am left with an overall impression of someone who saw war through a cynics eye rather than one who revelled in it.

Just my two pen'urth though.

Cheers

Dave