The Resource Return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42, William Dalrymple
Return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42, William Dalrymple
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The item Return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42, William Dalrymple represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Ipswich Public Library.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xxxviii, 515 pages, [32] pages of plates
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780307958280
- Label
- Return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42
- Title
- Return of a king
- Title remainder
- the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42
- Statement of responsibility
- William Dalrymple
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dalrymple, William
- Dewey number
- 958.1/03
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS359.7
- LC item number
- .D35 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Shāh Shujāʻ
- Afghanistan
- British
- Afghanistan
- Label
- Return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42, William Dalrymple
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [483]-497) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1394365
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xxxviii, 515 pages, [32] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307958280
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2012040998
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color), maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1394365
- (OCoLC)792880742
- Label
- Return of a king : the battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42, William Dalrymple
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [483]-497) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 1394365
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xxxviii, 515 pages, [32] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307958280
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2012040998
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color), maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1394365
- (OCoLC)792880742
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