The Great Game (Hopkirk book)
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The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia (US title The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia is a
the Great Game", a series of conflicts in the 1800s between the UK and Russian powers to control Central Asia
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Description
In this work, the author relates the story of a time best described by Captain
The Great Game
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The Great Game was played between the Russian Empire and British Empire for supremacy in Central Asia. At stake was the preservation of India, key to the wealth of the British Empire. When play began early in the 19th century, the frontiers of the two imperial powers lay two thousand miles apart, across vast deserts and almost impassable mountain ranges; by the end, only 20 miles separated the two rivals.[1]
Najibullah translation
After the fall of Kabul to
Pashto, so that "They [Afghans] can see how our history has repeated itself...Only if we understand our history can we take steps to break the cycle".[2] Years later, Hopkirk was quoted as saying, "I’m not sure what became of Najibullah’s translation...I know that it found its way to India where his wife and children had been given asylum. Sadly, after that the trail goes cold.”[3]
References
- ^ John Stevenson, Amazon.com Review, 2010.
- Burns, John F. (6 October 1996). "A New 'Great Game'? Afghanistan Reels Back Into View". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ Hall, Tarquin (29 April 2006). "Great game that is still being played". The Times. Retrieved 22 September 2019.