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040			_aKenya National Library Service
082			_a958.03 HOP
100			_aHopkirk, Peter _eauthor
245			_aThe Great game : _bon the secret service in high Asia / _cPeter Hopkirk
300			_a562 pages ; _c20 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
520			_aFor 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.
650			_aGreat Britain - Foreign relations _vSoviet Union
650			_aCentral Asia _vHistory _y19th century
650			_aIntelligence services - Great Britain _vHistory _y19th century
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