The dark defile : Britain's catastrophic invasion of Afghanistan, 1838-1842 /
An account of the mid-nineteenth-century war in Afghanistan documents how the British government sought to protect regional interests by attempting to install a puppet ruler only to be defeated by united Afghanistan tribes.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Walker & Company,
[2012]
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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| Summary: | An account of the mid-nineteenth-century war in Afghanistan documents how the British government sought to protect regional interests by attempting to install a puppet ruler only to be defeated by united Afghanistan tribes. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780802779823 (alk. paper) 0802779824 (alk. paper) |