Setting the East Ablaze
Subtitle: Lenins Dream of an Empire in Asia
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: July 8, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781568361024
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; European history: from c 1900 -; Marxism & Communism; History - General History; Asia - History; Russia - History - 1917 To 1991; Soviet Union; History: World; ASIA; Russia; Asia - General; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; History / General; Asia, Central; Foreign relations; Great Britain; Politics and government
First sentence: "Besides himself, the party included a second British officer-a monacled major named Stewart Blacker, seconded from the Indian Army's elite Corps of Guides."