TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dalrymple,William
TI  - The return of a king: the battle for Afghanistan 
SN  - 9781408818305 :
AV  -   DS359.7 .D35 2013  
PY  - 2013///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury
KW  - Shāh Shujāʻ,
KW  - British
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - British Intervention, 1838-1842
KW  - History, Military
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - A towering history of the first Afghan War by bestselling historian William Dalrymple In the spring of 1839, the British invaded Afghanistan for the first time. Led by lancers in scarlet cloaks and plumed shakos, nearly 20,000 British and East India Company troops poured through the high mountain passes and re-established on the throne Shah Shuja ul-Mulk. On the way in, the British faced little resistance
ER  -