Spying for empire: the Great Game in Central and South Asia, 1757-1947 / Robert Johnson
by Johnson, Robert
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9781853676703
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About This Item
London: Greenhill Books, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 320 pages: illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Contents: The great game -- Agents of Empire -- Misreading intelligence -- Internal insecurity -- Penetrating Central Asia -- The pundits, topography and intelligence -- The missions to the frontiers -- An intelligence screen -- On Her Majesty's Secret Service -- Closing the gap -- Pulling the Bear's teeth -- War and revolution, 1914-1919 -- Recessional -- The great game reassessed -- Appendix A. Warning from a Chinese agent -- Appendix B. An intelligence officer's secret orders. Subjects: Spies Asia, Central; Biography. Spies Great Britain; Biography. Politics and government. International relations.
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- Title
- Spying for empire: the Great Game in Central and South Asia, 1757-1947 / Robert Johnson
- Author
- Johnson, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1853676705
- ISBN 13
- 9781853676703
- Publisher
- London: Greenhill Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2006
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