The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion Of Afghanistan, 1838-1842
by Diana Preston /
2012 / English / PDF
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An account of the mid-19th-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, in a volume that profiles key contributors and discusses how the war set the stage for subsequent hostilities.
