Based on meticulous scholarship and on-the-spot research, this is the history at the core of today's geopolitics. In over 560 pages (paperback edition) Peter Hopkirk tells the. It is very rare nowadays to find a book that holds your attention throughout, without finding one boring section, this is one of those books. The Washington Post has said that 'every story Peter Hopkirk touches is totally engrossing.' In this gripping narrative he recounts a breathtaking tale of espionage and treachery through the actual experiences of its colorful characters. Peter Hopkirks book The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia is a great historical account and a very enjoyable book to read. The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia (US title The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia is a book by Peter Hopkirk on 'the Great Game', a series of conflicts in the 1800s between the UK and Russian powers to control Central Asia. Now, in the vacuum left by the disintegration of the Soviet Union, there is once again talk of Russian soldiers 'dipping their toes in the Indian Ocean.' Peter Hopkirk 3.97 380 ratings37 reviews Want to read Kindle 5. When play first began, the frontiers of Russia and British India lay 2000 miles apart by the end, this distance had shrunk to 20 miles at some points. The Great Game between Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia was fought across desolate terrain from the Caucasus to China, over the lonely passes of the Parmirs and Karakorams, in the blazing Kerman and Helmund deserts, and through the caravan towns of the old Silk Road - both powers scrambling to control access to the riches of India and the East.

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