The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk
On Secret Service in High Asia
A gripping history of the 19th-century rivalry between the British and Russian empires in Central Asia, tracing the clandestine expeditions, espionage, and diplomatic gambits that shaped the struggle for influence over the approaches to India. Following soldiers, surveyors, and adventurers from Kabul to Bukhara and the Pamirs, it reveals daring missions, tragic miscalculations, and shifting frontiers that ultimately led to an uneasy balance of power by the early twentieth century.
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- Published
- 1990
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 560-640
- Original Language
- English
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