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Author Dalrymple, William.

Title The return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 / William Dalrymple.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.

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Location Call No. Public Note Status
 Davis Adult Nonfiction  958.103 DAL    CHECK SHELVES
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.
Afghanistan -- History -- British Intervention, 1838-1842.
British -- Afghanistan -- History -- 19th century.
Afghanistan -- History, Military -- 19th century.
Related To Online version: Dalrymple, William. Return of a king. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013 9780307958297 (OCoLC)840496016
ISBN 9780307958280
0307958280