18 | How the British f**ked up in Afghanistan

My retelling of the events described in "Return of a King" by William Dalrymple.(0:00) Lords Auckland, Wellington, and Melbourne(5:38) The British East India Company(8:46) What is a sepoy?(11:55) 1858-1947: The British Raj(12:50) Back to the Koh-i-Noor(16:58) Kabul: an ancient crossroads(21:24) The British and their Russophobia(23:47) India: the British Empire's golden goose(25:13) Let's reinstall Shah Shuja(28:19) The disastrous retreat of 1842(33:45) The accursed Eden family(37:50) More horrors of war(39:09) Don't f**k with the Afghans