Tournament Of Shadows by Karl Meyer

Tournament Of Shadows by Karl Meyer

The original Great Game (1800-1917), the clandestine struggle between Russia and Britain for mastery of Central Asia, has long been regarded as one of the greatest geopolitical conflicts in history. The prize, control of the vast Eurasian heartland, was believed by some to be the key to world domination. Teeming with improbable drama and exaggerated tensions, the conflict featured soldiers, mystics and spies, among them some of history's most colourful and romantic characters. While the original Great Game ended with the Russian Revolution, the geopolitical wrangles for territory and power have continued into the late twentieth century - culminating in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Karl Meyer and Shareen Brysac's magisterial one-volume survey chronicles nearly two centuries of conflict in vivid and compelling fashion.

Monumental. . A remarkable achievement * Jan Morris, OBSERVER *
A scrupulously balanced and extremely readable chronicle . . . A book about cartography, achaeology, anthropology and several other things, as well as exploration and imperial lust * Geoffrey Moorhouse, GUARDIAN *
Terrific . . . Although this book is a big one, its pages race away * Nigel Jones, SUNDAY EXPRESS *
Entertaining, fluent and absorbing * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *

Karl E. Meyer is a former London bureau chief for the WASHINGTON POST. His wife, Shareen Blair Brysac, is a prize-winning documentary-maker for CBS News.

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ISBN 13	9780349113661
ISBN 10	0349113661
Titel	Tournament Of Shadows
Autor	Karl Meyer
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Little, Brown Book Group
Erscheinungsjahr	2001-12-06
Seitenanzahl	672
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.