The Great Game, 1856–1907 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Great Game, 1856–1907 write by Evgeny Sergeev. This book was released on 2014-08-11. The Great Game, 1856–1907 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Great Game sheds new light on Asia’s political influence on Russia at the turn of the twentieth century. Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRL The Great Game, 1856–1907 presents a new view of the British-Russian competition for dominance in Central Asia in the second half of the nineteenth century. Evgeny Sergeev offers a complex and novel point of view by synthesizing official collections of documents, parliamentary papers, political pamphlets, memoirs, contemporary journalism, and guidebooks from unpublished and less studied primary sources in Russian, British, Indian, Georgian, Uzbek, and Turkmen archives. His efforts amplify our knowledge of Russia by considering the important influences of local Asian powers. Ultimately, this book disputes the characterization of the Great Game as a proto–Cold War between East and West. By relating it to other regional actors, Sergeev creates a more accurate view of the game’s impact on later wars and on the shape of post–World War I Asia.
Tournament of Shadows
Tournament of Shadows - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tournament of Shadows write by Karl E. Meyer. This book was released on 2009-03-17. Tournament of Shadows available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The Great Game
The Great Game - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Great Game write by Peter Hopkirk. This book was released on 2006-03-27. The Great Game available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Mapping the Great Game
Mapping the Great Game - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mapping the Great Game write by Riaz Dean. This book was released on 2020-01-19. Mapping the Great Game available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The work of explorers, surveyors and spies in the race to conquer Southern Asia is vividly recounted in this history of British imperial cartography. In the 19th century, the British and Russian empires were engaged in bitter rivalry for the acquisition of Southern Asian. Although India was the ultimate prize, most of the intrigue and action took place along its northern frontier in Afghanistan, Turkestan and Tibet. Mapping the region and gaining knowledge of the enemy were crucial to the interests of both sides. The Great Trigonometrical Survey of India began in the 18th century with the aim of creating a detailed map of the subcontinent. Under the leadership of George Everest—whose name was later bestowed to the world’s tallest mountain—the it mapped the Great Arc running from the country’s southern tip to the Himalayas. Much of the work was done by Indian explorers known as Pundits. They were the first to reveal the mysteries of the forbidden city of Lhasa, and discover the true course of Tibet’s mighty Tsangpo River. These explorers performed essential information gathering for the British Empire and filled in large portions of the map of Asia. Their adventurous exploits are vividly recounted in Mapping the Great Game.
THE GREAT GAME
THE GREAT GAME - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook THE GREAT GAME write by HOPKIRK PETER. This book was released on 2006-03-27. THE GREAT GAME available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
