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The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia
[Buy it!] | Peter Hopkirk | USD 5.66
(Wed May 29 01:09:53 2024) | AbebooksUK | WorldofBooks | ISBN10: 0192827995, ISBN13: 9780192827999, [publisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Oxford] Softcover The Great Game was an imperial, political, diplomatic, and military enterprise in which intrepid individuals played for high stakes in a struggle that stretched from the Causasus in the West to Chinese Turkestan and Tibet in the East. The prize was British India. When play first began, the frontiers of Russia and India lay some 2000 miles apart; by the end, the gap had reduced in some places to just 20 miles. Officers on either side, disguised as holy men and horse traders, or advancing in full uniform, delighted in the play as they sought to learn enemy positions, befriend powerful khans, or discover vital secrets. This book should appeal to those interested in espionage and diplomacy, the history of High Asia in Victorian period and superpower relations. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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