Dalrymple, William <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307948533 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013362320 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Shah Shuja , Amir of Afghanistan  , 1780? - 1842 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>British----History----Afghanistan----19th century
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Afghanistan----History----British Intervention, 1838 - 1842<br/>Afghanistan----History----19th century
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS359.7  / .D35 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>958.1 DAL