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008 160508s2014 nyuab b 001 0 eng
020 _a9781408862872 (hardcover)
040 _aBD-DhIUB
_cBD-DhIUB
082 0 0 _a958.103
_223
100 1 _aDalrymple, William.
245 1 4 _aReturn of a king :
_bAn Indian Army in Afghanistan, /
_cWilliam Dalrymple.
250 _aFirst Edition.
264 1 _aNew Delhi :
_bBloomsbury,
_c2014.
300 _axi, 567 pages :
_bsome color illustrations, maps
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
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.
600 1 0 _aShāh Shujāʻ,
_cAmir of Afghanistan,
_d1780?-1842.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_xHistory
_yIndian Army, 1838-1842.
650 0 _aIndia
_zAfghanistan
_xHistory
_y19th century.
651 0 _aAfghanistan
_xHistory, Military
_y19th century.
999 _c17594
_d17594