The great game
Subtitle: on secret service in high Asia
By: Peter Hopkirk.
Publisher: J. Murray
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 562
Subjects: Intelligence service -- Asia, Central -- History.; Asia, Central -- Politics and government.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union -- History.; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- History.
Description: An account of the encounter last century between the British in India and Tsarist Russia in Central Asia which became known as the "Great Game". When the encounter began the frontiers of Russia and British India lay some 2000 apart. By the end, the gap had shrunk in places to 20 miles.
Notes: Includes biblographical references (p. 525-540) and index.