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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Dalrymple, William.     Subjects     Shāh Shujāʻ, Amir of Afghanistan, 1780?-1842.     British -- Afghanistan -- History -- 19th century.     Afghanistan -- History -- British Intervention, 1838-1842.     Afghanistan -- History, Military -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dalrymple, William.       by title:      Return of a king : t...         MARC Display

Return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 / William Dalrymple. by Dalrymple, William. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Subjects Shāh Shujāʻ, Amir of Afghanistan, 1780?-1842.   British -- Afghanistan -- History -- 19th century.   Afghanistan -- History -- British Intervention, 1838-1842.   Afghanistan -- History, Military -- 19th century. ISBN:  9780307958280 (hbk.) 0307958280 (hbk.) Description:  xxxviii, 515 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st ed. 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. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aina Haina Public Library Adult Nonfiction 958.103 Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 958.103 Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 958.103 Dairymple Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 958.103 Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList McCully-Moiliili Public Library Adult Nonfiction 958.103 Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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