TY - BOOK AU - Preston,Diana TI - The dark defile : : Britain's catastrophic invasion of Afghanistan, 1838-1842 / SN - 9780802779823 AV - DS363. P74 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - New York : PB - Walker & Company, KW - British KW - Afghanistan KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Afghanistan KW - British Intervention, 1838-1842 KW - History, Military N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - Summary: An account of the mid-nineteenth-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. ER -