Spying for Empire
The Great Game in Central And South Asia, 1757-1947
Johnson, Robert
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BOOK SUMMARY
'The Great Game' was the struggle between Russia and Britain for imperial influence over southern and central Asia, immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in his novel Kim. For the British, the threat to India's frontiers compelled them to dispatch diplomats, or
BOOK REVIEWS
Journal of Slavic Military Studies, Summer 2007
“This fine contribution from Robert Johnson, while lacking the stimulating writing style of semi-popular works such as Peter Hopkir’s ‘The Great Game,’ or Karl Meyer and Shareen Brysac’s ‘Tournament of Shadows,’ provides much of the archival documentation missing from these earlier works and in the process both widens the definition of intelligence and the time frame and geographical scope to present a more positive assessment of British efforts … Johnson is to be commended for providing an excellent overview of British intelligence efforts in Asia which draws on extensive archival research in Britain to update, and in many cases surpass, much earlier work.”
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1853676705
ISBN(13-digit): 9781853676703
Dewey Decimal: 958.03
Library of Congress: oc2007046261
Book Publisher: Motorbooks Intl
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 320
Paper Weight (lb): 1.38 lb
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