The great game
Subtitle: the struggle for empire in central Asia
By: Peter Hopkirk.
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 565
Subjects: Asia, Central -- Politics and government; Asia, Central -- Relations -- Soviet Union; Soviet Union -- Relations -- Asia, Central; Asia, Central -- Relations -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Relations -- Asia, Central
Description: The Great Game, a deadly struggle in the last century between secret agents of the two superpowers--Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia--has once again become ominously topical, as a new power struggle begins in Central Asia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 527-542) and index.