The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838-1842 by Diana Preston

The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838-1842

Diana Preston

320 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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Convinced in 1838 that Britain's invaluable empire in India was threatened by Russia, Persia, and Afghan tribes, the British government ordered its Army of the Indus into Afghanistan to oust from power the independent-minded king, Dost Mohammed, a...

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