The great game : on secret service in high Asia

by: Hopkirk, Peter, author

Publication date: 1990

Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

Topics: pahar.in, 15.70 history of Europe, International relations, Politics and government, Espionage, Diplomatic service, Asia, Central -- Politics and government, Asia, Central -- Relations -- Russia, Asia, Central -- Relations -- Great Britain, Great Britain -- Relations -- Asia, Central, Russia -- Relations -- Asia, Central, Central Asia, Great Britain, Russia, Asien, Großbritannien, Zentralasien, Russland, Central Asia Political events Foreign relations between Great Britain & Russia, history

Publisher: London : John Murray

Collection: IndiaHistory; JaiGyan

Language: English

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xiv, 562 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm

An account of the encounter last century between the British in India and Tsarist Russia in Central Asia which became known as the "Great Game". When the encounter began the frontiers of Russia and British India lay some 2000 apart. By the end, the gap had shrunk in places to 20 miles

Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-540) and index

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