The Resource The great game : the struggle for empire in Central Asia, Peter Hopkirk
The great game : the struggle for empire in Central Asia, Peter Hopkirk
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 565 pages
- Contents
-
- The Beginnings. 1. The Yellow Peril. 2. Napoleonic Nightmare. 3. Rehearsal for the Great Game. 4. The Russian Bogy. 5. All Roads Lead to India. 6. The First of the Russian Players. 7. A Strange Tale of Two Dogs. 8. Death on the Oxus. 9. The Barometer Falls
- The Middle Years. 10. 'The Great Game'. 11. Enter 'Bokhara' Burnes. 12. The Greatest Fortress in the World. 13. The Mysterious Vitkevich. 14. Hero of Herat. 15. The Kingmakers. 16. The Race for Khiva. 17. The Freeing of the Slaves. 18. Night of the Long Knives. 19. Catastrophe. 20. Massacre in the Passes. 21. The Last Hours of Conolly and Stoddart. 22. Half-time
- The Climactic Years. 23. The Great Russian Advance Begins. 24. Lion of Tashkent. 25. Spies Along the Silk Road. 26. The Feel of Cold Steel Across His Throat. 27. 'A Physician from the North'. 28. Captain Burnaby's Ride to Khiva. 29. Bloodbath at the Bala Hissar. 30. The Last Stand of the Turcomans. 31. To the Brink of War. 32. The Railway Race to the East. 33. Where Three Empires Meet. 34. Flashpoint in the High Pamirs. 35. The Race for Chitral. 36. The Beginning of the End. 37. End-game
- Label
- The great game : the struggle for empire in Central Asia
- Title
- The great game
- Title remainder
- the struggle for empire in Central Asia
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Hopkirk
- Subject
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- Großbritannien
- Zentralasien
- Eastern question (Central Asia)
- Great Britain
- Zentralasien
- Russland
- Asia, Central -- Politics and government
- Großbritannien
- Politics and government
- Afghan Wars
- Great Britain -- Relations -- Asia, Central
- Geschichte 1800-1900.
- Afghan Wars
- Geschichte 1800-1900
- Asia, Central
- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union -- Relations -- Asia, Central
- Russland
- Eastern question (Central Asia)
- Asia, Central -- Relations -- Soviet Union
- Imperialismus
- International relations
- Imperialismus
- Asia, Central -- Relations -- Great Britain
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hopkirk, Peter
- Dewey number
- 320.958
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS329.4
- LC item number
- .H67 1992
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Asia, Central
- Asia, Central
- Soviet Union
- Asia, Central
- Great Britain
- Eastern question (Central Asia)
- Afghan Wars
- Imperialismus
- Zentralasien
- Russland
- Großbritannien
- Afghan Wars
- Eastern question (Central Asia)
- International relations
- Politics and government
- Asia, Central
- Great Britain
- Soviet Union
- Imperialismus
- Großbritannien
- Russland
- Zentralasien
- Label
- The great game : the struggle for empire in Central Asia, Peter Hopkirk
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-542) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Beginnings. 1. The Yellow Peril. 2. Napoleonic Nightmare. 3. Rehearsal for the Great Game. 4. The Russian Bogy. 5. All Roads Lead to India. 6. The First of the Russian Players. 7. A Strange Tale of Two Dogs. 8. Death on the Oxus. 9. The Barometer Falls -- The Middle Years. 10. 'The Great Game'. 11. Enter 'Bokhara' Burnes. 12. The Greatest Fortress in the World. 13. The Mysterious Vitkevich. 14. Hero of Herat. 15. The Kingmakers. 16. The Race for Khiva. 17. The Freeing of the Slaves. 18. Night of the Long Knives. 19. Catastrophe. 20. Massacre in the Passes. 21. The Last Hours of Conolly and Stoddart. 22. Half-time -- The Climactic Years. 23. The Great Russian Advance Begins. 24. Lion of Tashkent. 25. Spies Along the Silk Road. 26. The Feel of Cold Steel Across His Throat. 27. 'A Physician from the North'. 28. Captain Burnaby's Ride to Khiva. 29. Bloodbath at the Bala Hissar. 30. The Last Stand of the Turcomans. 31. To the Brink of War. 32. The Railway Race to the East. 33. Where Three Empires Meet. 34. Flashpoint in the High Pamirs. 35. The Race for Chitral. 36. The Beginning of the End. 37. End-game
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 565 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1035314256
- Label
- The great game : the struggle for empire in Central Asia, Peter Hopkirk
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-542) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Beginnings. 1. The Yellow Peril. 2. Napoleonic Nightmare. 3. Rehearsal for the Great Game. 4. The Russian Bogy. 5. All Roads Lead to India. 6. The First of the Russian Players. 7. A Strange Tale of Two Dogs. 8. Death on the Oxus. 9. The Barometer Falls -- The Middle Years. 10. 'The Great Game'. 11. Enter 'Bokhara' Burnes. 12. The Greatest Fortress in the World. 13. The Mysterious Vitkevich. 14. Hero of Herat. 15. The Kingmakers. 16. The Race for Khiva. 17. The Freeing of the Slaves. 18. Night of the Long Knives. 19. Catastrophe. 20. Massacre in the Passes. 21. The Last Hours of Conolly and Stoddart. 22. Half-time -- The Climactic Years. 23. The Great Russian Advance Begins. 24. Lion of Tashkent. 25. Spies Along the Silk Road. 26. The Feel of Cold Steel Across His Throat. 27. 'A Physician from the North'. 28. Captain Burnaby's Ride to Khiva. 29. Bloodbath at the Bala Hissar. 30. The Last Stand of the Turcomans. 31. To the Brink of War. 32. The Railway Race to the East. 33. Where Three Empires Meet. 34. Flashpoint in the High Pamirs. 35. The Race for Chitral. 36. The Beginning of the End. 37. End-game
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 565 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1035314256
Subject
- Afghan Wars
- Afghan Wars
- Asia, Central
- Asia, Central -- Politics and government
- Asia, Central -- Relations -- Great Britain
- Asia, Central -- Relations -- Soviet Union
- Eastern question (Central Asia)
- Eastern question (Central Asia)
- Geschichte 1800-1900
- Geschichte 1800-1900.
- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Relations -- Asia, Central
- Großbritannien
- Großbritannien
- Imperialismus
- Imperialismus
- International relations
- Politics and government
- Russland
- Russland
- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union -- Relations -- Asia, Central
- Zentralasien
- Zentralasien
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