text The return of a king : Shah Shuja and the first battle for Afghanistan
- 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'... Read more
- Contents
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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.
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- Description
- 515 p.;
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf 2013
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 958.103 DAL in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| TADL-WOOD | 958.103 DAL in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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