Return of a king, the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42, William Dalrymple
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Return of a king, the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42, William Dalrymple
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-497) and index
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non fiction
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Return of a king
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bibliography
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846544925
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William Dalrymple
Sub title
the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42
Summary
Examines the mid-nineteenth-century Afghan war as the result of neocolonial ambition and cultural clashes, drawing on primary sources to explore the human toll of the war and the similarities between it and the present-day conflict
Table Of Contents
Dramatis personae -- The Sadozais and the Barakzais -- 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 -- Glossary
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