Return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan /

• Main Author: Dalrymple, William 1965- (συγγραφέας.)
• Format: Book
• Published: London : Bloomsbury, 2013
• Subjects: Αφγανιστάν > Ιστορία > 1838-1842.

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...