02860cam a2200517 4500 761416750 TxAuBib 20230213120000.0 130423s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780307958297 electronic bk. 0307958299 electronic bk. B009MYAQ18 Amazon 56236898-67d0-4104-9fc1-abeddfbb891d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1084869 OverDrive (Product ID) 216528 216528 216528 (OCoLC)840496016 TEFOD TEFOD MMI TXN TxAuBib Dalrymple, William. Return of a king. Return of a king [Libby eBook] : the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 / William Dalrymple. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. 1 online resource (xxxviii, 515 p., [32] p. of plates) : ill. (chiefly col.), maps. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 17MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Includes bibliographical references (p. [483]-497) and index. 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. 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. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-13 10:07:10. Imported from MARC file. Shāh Shujāʻ Amir of Afghanistan 1780?-1842. British Afghanistan History 19th century. Afghanistan History British Intervention, 1838-1842. Afghanistan History, Military 19th century. Middle East. Great Britain. Electronic books. http://hadc.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=56236898-67D0-4104-9FC1-ABEDDFBB891D http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/0111-1/{56236898-67D0-4104-9FC1-ABEDDFBB891D}Img100.jpg Image https://samples.overdrive.com/return-of-a-562368?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/return-of-a-562368?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/return-of-a-562368?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) RV8