The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (Kodansha Globe)

The Great Game was the epic stand-off between the two superpowers of the nineteenth century--Victorian Britain and Czarist Russia--for the riches of India and the East. Based on meticulous scholarship and on-the-spot research, Peter Hopkirk's immensely readable account covers the history at the core of today's geopolitics. Photos and maps. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-03-2009; A definitive work; A literary style of writing makes this a fast-paced yet historically packed summary of a long history for the control of south central Asia. The context of this history on current events is absolutely essential and Mr. Hopkirk's...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-14-2009; A Worthwhile Reading Endeavor; Without a doubt the most fascinating history-type book I have ever read. The complete story of a part of this world that very few people know anything at all about. It was a remarkable feat to assemble such a wealth of information into...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-14-2009; Excellent source of screenwriting material; This book is a rich source of material and story ideas for screen writers. Imagine Central Asia in the early 1800s. Add an exotic, primitive place such as Bokhara or Samarkand Start with an opening scene where two, shackled British...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-14-2009; Unputdownable!; Hopkirik is a first class historian and writer; he is in a class by himself as he has managed to fuse the historical with the anecdotal and trivia in a style that makes history read like a thriller. Central Asia and its suitors have been...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-03-2009; A definitive work; A literary style of writing makes this a fast-paced yet historically packed summary of a long history for the control of south central Asia. The context of this history on current events is absolutely essential and Mr. Hopkirk's...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-24-2006; the english version of the great game; This book describes a geographical area and historical period not well known to a majority of Italian readers. For this reason its recent translation and pubblication for the Italian Adelphi editions (that by the way had also published...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-11-2007; More Tedium From Peter Hopkirk; "Reads like a novel" Come on, folks! The yellow pages of any phone book are far more exciting. This text takes a subject of great potential, & reduces it to the dried up dust of a Central Asian desert. I am disgusted with Mr. Hopkirk,...; read full review | report as inappropriate