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"The world's oldest established imperial rivalry had its start during the Napoleonic age when British agents came upon the tracks of Russian rivals in snowbound Tibet, and then again in mythic Bokhara, deep in Central Asia. Was the Tsar planning to invade India, or even worse, was Russia bent on global dominion? To foil these real or imagined schemes, the British twice invaded Afghanistan, and in 1904 dispatched an army to Lhasa to check Tsarist designs on Tibet."--BOOK JACKET.
"This was classic Great Game, which took on fresh life after the Russian Revolution and as Americans joined in, and which continues today in the covert struggle for mastery of the Caspian Sea and its oil riches. The whole story is here retold in a flowing narrative crammed with revealing detail, drawing on newly opened archives and recent research, a canvas filled with memorable men and women, taking the reader over Himalayan passes and through the world's deadliest deserts."--BOOK JACKET.
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Relations, Politics and government, Asia, central, history, Asia, central, politics and government, Tibet autonomous region (china), history, Tibet autonomous region (china), politics and government, International relations, Política y gobierno, Relaciones exteriores, Imperialisme, Great britain, historyPlaces
Central Asia, Great Britain, Soviet UnionShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game And the Race for Empire in Central Asia
March 31, 2006, Perseus Books Group
in English
0465045766 9780465045761
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Tournament of Shadows: The great game and the race for empire in Central Asia
October 25, 2000, Counterpoint Press
Paperback
in English
158243106X 9781582431062
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Tournament of Shadows : The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia (A Cornelia and Michael Bessie Book)
October 1999, Counterpoint
Hardcover
in English
1582430284 9781582430287
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Tournament of shadows: the great game and race for empire in Central Asia
1999, Counterpoint
in English
1582430284 9781582430287
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Edition Notes
"A Cornelia and Michael Bessie Book."
Map of Asia on endpapers.
Gift of Henry G. Schwarz.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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