Return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 / William Dalrymple.
2013
DS359.7 .D35 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
Return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 / William Dalrymple.
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Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780307958280
0307958280
0307958280
Publication Details
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Language
English
Description
xxxviii, 515 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
DS359.7 .D35 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
958.1/03
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [483]-497) and index.
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Table of 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.
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.