Meyer, Karl E. <br/><br/>
Tournament of shadows: the race for empire in Central Asia / 
 Race for empire in Central Asia 
by Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac. 
 - New York :  Basic Books,  1999. 
 - xxv, 646 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Prologue: The View from the Khyber --  The Horse Doctor --  A River Too Far --  The Road to Kabul --  "Here Comes the Messenger" --  The Russians Are Coming --  The Raj Imperiled --  Bloomsbury's War --  Her Majesty's Indian Secret Service --  "A Carbine in One Hand, A Whip in the Other" --  Mystical Imperialism --  Emissary to the White Tsar --  Curzon's Hour --  The Desert Wanderer --  The Spoils of Serindia --  The Last of the "Foreign Devils" --  First Encounters of an American Kind --  On the Playing Fields of Lhasa --  The "Shambhala Project" --  The Guru --  The Cousins Discover Tibet --  Swastikas to Lhasa --  High Mischief --  Epilogue: The Owl of Minerva.  Ch. 1.  Ch. 2.  Ch. 3.  Ch. 4.  Ch. 5.  Ch. 6.  Ch. 7.  Ch. 8.  Ch. 9.  Ch. 10.  Ch. 11.  Ch. 12.  Ch. 13.  Ch. 14.  Ch. 15.  Ch. 16.  Ch. 17.  Ch. 18.  Ch. 19.  Ch. 20.  Ch. 21.  Ch. 22. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780465045761 (alk. paper)  0465045766 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Asia, Central--Politics and government.<br/>Asia, Central--Relations--Great Britain.<br/>Great Britain--Relations--Asia, Central.<br/>Asia, Central--Relations--Soviet Union.<br/>Soviet Union--Relations--Asia, Central.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>958  / MEY/T