TY - JOUR AU - Shah, Syed Taimoor PY - 2021/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - BOOK REVIEW: RETURN OF A KING: THE BATTLE FOR AFGHANISTAN JF - NDU Journal JA - NDUJ VL - 35 IS - SE - Articles DO - UR - https://ndujournal.ndu.edu.pk/site/article/view/90 SP - 142-143 AB - <p align="justify">The book is a recapitulation of the West greatest imperial disaster of its time. It is<br>a story of colonial ambitions, conceit and folly which has striking pertinence<br>even today. In the year 1839, more than 20,000 British troops poured into the coarse<br>mountain passes of Afghanistan and brought the exiled Shah Shuja on the throne.<br>However, in two years, the Afghans rebellion forced British to retreat. The book also<br>illuminates some key connections between the past and the present situation. The<br>complexity of generational tribal rivalries, their stronghold on customs and politics<br>had ensnared the British of the nineteenth century and the US and NATO forces of<br>today</p> ER -