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050	0	0	_aDS359.7 _b.D35 2013
082	0	0	_aARCH FRBC 958.103 D151R _223
100	1		_aDalrymple, William _920385
245	1	4	_aThe return of a king : _bthe battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 / _cWilliam Dalrymple
250			_aFirst Edition
260			_aNew York, _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c©2013
300			_axxix, 515 pages : _bsome color illustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 493-497) and index
505	0		_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
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
600	0	0	_aShāh Shujāʻ, _cAmir of Afghanistan, _d1780?-1842 _920386
650		0	_aBritish _zAfghanistan _xHistory _y19th century _920387
651		0	_aAfghanistan _xHistory _yBritish Intervention, 1838-1842 _920388
651		0	_aAfghanistan _xHistory, Military _y19th century _920389
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aDalrymple, William. _tReturn of a king. _b1st ed. _dNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013 _z9780307958297 _w(OCoLC)840496016
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