The Great game : on the secret service in high Asia /
Hopkirk, Peter
The Great game : on the secret service in high Asia / Peter Hopkirk - 562 pages ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth - Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia -fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia.Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it 'The Geat game' , a phase immortalized in Kipling's.
9780719564475
Great Britain - Foreign relations--Soviet Union
Central Asia--19th century--History
Intelligence services - Great Britain--19th century--History
958.03 HOP
The Great game : on the secret service in high Asia / Peter Hopkirk - 562 pages ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth - Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia -fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia.Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it 'The Geat game' , a phase immortalized in Kipling's.
9780719564475
Great Britain - Foreign relations--Soviet Union
Central Asia--19th century--History
Intelligence services - Great Britain--19th century--History
958.03 HOP