The return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan, 1839 - 42
Dalrymple, William
The return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan, 1839 - 42 / William Dalrymple - First Vintage Books edition. - New York : Vintage Books , 2014 - 515 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
No easy place to rule -- An unsettled mind -- The great game begins -- The mouth of hell -- The flag of holy war -- We fail from our ignorance -- All order is at an end -- The wail of bugles -- The death of a king -- A war for no wise purpose.
Examines the mid-19th-century Afghan war as a tragic result of neocolonial ambition, cultural collision and hubris, drawing on previously untapped primary sources to explore such topics as the reestablishment of a puppet-leader Shah, the conflict's brutal human toll and the similarities between the war and present-day challenges.
9780307948533
2013362320
Shah Shuja , Amir of Afghanistan , 1780? - 1842
British----History----Afghanistan----19th century
Afghanistan----History----British Intervention, 1838 - 1842
Afghanistan----History----19th century
DS359.7 / .D35 2014
958.1 DAL
The return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan, 1839 - 42 / William Dalrymple - First Vintage Books edition. - New York : Vintage Books , 2014 - 515 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
No easy place to rule -- An unsettled mind -- The great game begins -- The mouth of hell -- The flag of holy war -- We fail from our ignorance -- All order is at an end -- The wail of bugles -- The death of a king -- A war for no wise purpose.
Examines the mid-19th-century Afghan war as a tragic result of neocolonial ambition, cultural collision and hubris, drawing on previously untapped primary sources to explore such topics as the reestablishment of a puppet-leader Shah, the conflict's brutal human toll and the similarities between the war and present-day challenges.
9780307948533
2013362320
Shah Shuja , Amir of Afghanistan , 1780? - 1842
British----History----Afghanistan----19th century
Afghanistan----History----British Intervention, 1838 - 1842
Afghanistan----History----19th century
DS359.7 / .D35 2014
958.1 DAL
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