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_aDS359.7 _b.D35 2014 |
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| 100 | 1 | _aDalrymple, William | |
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_aThe return of a king _b: the battle for Afghanistan, 1839 - 42 _c/ William Dalrymple |
| 250 | _aFirst Vintage Books edition. | ||
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_aNew York _b: Vintage Books _c, 2014 |
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_a515 p. _b: illus. _c; 24 cm. |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | _aNo 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. |
| 520 | _aExamines 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. | ||
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_aShah Shuja _c, Amir of Afghanistan _d, 1780? - 1842 |
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_aBritish _z--Afghanistan _x--History _y--19th century |
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_aAfghanistan _x--History _y--British Intervention, 1838 - 1842 |
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_aAfghanistan _x--History _y--19th century |
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