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The Great Game examines the complex struggle for supremacy in Central Asia, focusing on the strategic competition between the Soviet Union and Great Britain. Drawing on historical sources, the book outlines how intelligence, diplomacy, and military posturing shaped the region’s foreign relations during the first half of the twentieth century.
First publish date: 1990
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Peter Hopkirk
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