Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xxxviii, 515 pages : some color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Content type |
text txt rdacontent |
Format |
volume nc rdacarrier |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-497) and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
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. |
Subject |
Shāh Shujāʻ, Amir of Afghanistan, 1780?-1842.
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Afghanistan -- History -- British Intervention, 1838-1842.
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British -- Afghanistan -- History -- 19th century.
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Afghanistan -- History, Military -- 19th century.
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Related To |
Online version: Dalrymple, William. Return of a king. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013 9780307958297 (OCoLC)840496016 |
ISBN |
9780307958280 |
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0307958280 |
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