The Great Game In Afghanistan

Author : Peter Hopkirk
Publisher : John Murray
ISBN 13 : 1848544774
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Game written by Peter Hopkirk and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2006-03-27 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Great Game', a phrase immortalized by Kipling. When play first began the two rival empires lay nearly 2,000 miles apart. By the end, some Russian outposts were within 20 miles of India. This classic book tells the story of the Great Game through the exploits of the young officers, both British and Russian, who risked their lives playing it. Disguised as holy men or native horse-traders, they mapped secret passes, gathered intelligence and sought the allegiance of powerful khans. Some never returned. The violent repercussions of the Great Game are still convulsing Central Asia today.

Author : Kallol Bhattacharjee
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 9352644409
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Game in Afghanistan written by Kallol Bhattacharjee and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the height of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, a complex multinational diplomacy had proposed setting up a coalition government in Kabul as a solution to the 'Afghan problem'. Even as all sides worked on the coalition, the US took steps that India considered a 'stab in the back'. With the help of the official papers collected by US ambassador John Gunther Dean and conversations with Ronen Sen, Rajiv Gandhi's diplomatic aide during those crucial years, the author recreates the falling apart of the India-US cooperation and the catastrophic effect it had on South Asian history.

Author : Tamim Ansary
Publisher : Public Affairs
ISBN 13 : 1610393198
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Games without Rules written by Tamim Ansary and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the author of Destiny Disrupted: an enlightening, accessible history of modern Afghanistan from the Afghan point of view, showing how Great Power conflicts have interrupted its ongoing, internal struggle to take form as a nation

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Game written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Karl E. Meyer
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 078673678X
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tournament of Shadows written by Karl E. Meyer and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the romantic conflicts of the Victorian Great Game to the war-torn history of the region in recent decades, Tournament of Shadows traces the struggle for control of Central Asia and Tibet from the 1830s to the present. The original Great Game, the clandestine struggle between Russia and Britain for mastery of Central Asia, has long been regarded as one of the greatest geopolitical conflicts in history. Many believed that control of the vast Eurasian heartland was the key to world dominion. The original Great Game ended with the Russian Revolution, but the geopolitical struggles in Central Asia continue to the present day. In this updated edition, the authors reflect on Central Asia's history since the end of the Russo-Afghan war, and particularly in the wake of 9/11.

Author : Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134383789
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Small Players of the Great Game written by Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-31 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the 19th century Anglo-Russian Great Game played out on the territorial chessboard of eastern and north-eastern parts of the waning Persian empire. The Great Game itself has been written about extensively, but never from a Persian angle and from the point of view of the local players in that game. Looking at the territorial consequences of the Great Game for the local players is a unique approach, which deserves a special place in the studies of history, geography, politics and geopolitics of the age of modernity.

Author : Edmund James Yorke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780709091967
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Playing the Great Game written by Edmund James Yorke and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Playing the Great Game explores and analyzes the tension between the British political and military authorities that has been generated by the impact of all these wars. It argues that excessive political interference in the conduct of such wars, which is often resource-driven, has been the predominate cause of the many difficulties encountered.

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Publisher : Oberon Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Game: Afghanistan written by and published by Oberon Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will be performed between April 17th and June 14th 2010 as part of the Tricycle Theatre's Afghanistan.

Author : Peter Hopkirk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780192802323
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Game written by Peter Hopkirk and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Great Game', a phrase immortalized in Kipling's Kim. When play firstbegan the two rival empires lay nearly 2,000 miles apart. By the end, some Russian outposts were within 20 miles of India.This book tells the story of the Great Game through the exploits of the young officers, both British and Russian, who risked their lives playing it. Disguised as holy men or native horsetraders, they mapped secret passes, gathered intelligence, and sought the allegiance of powerful khans. Some neverreturned.

Author : Martin Ewans
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415316392
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Game: Documents written by Martin Ewans and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: second spans the period between that conflict and the Second Anglo-Afghan War, 1878-80, while the third terminates with the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907, which effectively marked the end of the confrontation.