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000456933 1001_ $$aDalrymple, William.
000456933 24510 $$aReturn of a king :$$bthe battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 /$$cWilliam Dalrymple.
000456933 250__ $$a1st ed.
000456933 260__ $$aNew York :$$bAlfred A. Knopf,$$c2013.
000456933 300__ $$axxxviii, 515 p., [32] p. of plates :$$bill. (chiefly col.), maps ;$$c25 cm.
000456933 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [483]-497) and index.
000456933 5050_ $$aNo easy place to rule -- An unsettled mind -- The great game begins -- The mouth of hell -- The flag of holy war -- We fail from our ignorance -- All order is at an end -- The wail of bugles -- The death of a king -- A war for no wise purpose.
000456933 520__ $$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.
000456933 60000 $$aShāh Shujāʻ,$$cAmir of Afghanistan,$$d1780?-1842.
000456933 650_0 $$aBritish$$zAfghanistan$$xHistory$$y19th century.
000456933 651_0 $$aAfghanistan$$xHistory$$yBritish Intervention, 1838-1842.
000456933 651_0 $$aAfghanistan$$xHistory, Military$$y19th century.
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