Tournament of shadows: the race for empire in Central Asia / by Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac.
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TextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, 1999Description: xxv, 646 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780465045761 (alk. paper); 0465045766 (alk. paper)Other title: Race for empire in Central AsiaSubject(s): Asia, Central -- Politics and government | Asia, Central -- Relations -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Relations -- Asia, Central | Asia, Central -- Relations -- Soviet Union | Soviet Union -- Relations -- Asia, CentralDDC classification: 958 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 958 MEY/T (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P03887 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: The View from the Khyber -- Ch. 1. The Horse Doctor -- Ch. 2. A River Too Far -- Ch. 3. The Road to Kabul -- Ch. 4. "Here Comes the Messenger" -- Ch. 5. The Russians Are Coming -- Ch. 6. The Raj Imperiled -- Ch. 7. Bloomsbury's War -- Ch. 8. Her Majesty's Indian Secret Service -- Ch. 9. "A Carbine in One Hand, A Whip in the Other" -- Ch. 10. Mystical Imperialism -- Ch. 11. Emissary to the White Tsar -- Ch. 12. Curzon's Hour -- Ch. 13. The Desert Wanderer -- Ch. 14. The Spoils of Serindia -- Ch. 15. The Last of the "Foreign Devils" -- Ch. 16. First Encounters of an American Kind -- Ch. 17. On the Playing Fields of Lhasa -- Ch. 18. The "Shambhala Project" -- Ch. 19. The Guru -- Ch. 20. The Cousins Discover Tibet -- Ch. 21. Swastikas to Lhasa -- Ch. 22. High Mischief -- Epilogue: The Owl of Minerva.
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