Spying for Empire: The Great Game in Central and South Asia 1757-1947
Robert Johnson set out to write a historical account that explored the complicated history of...
'The Great Game' was the struggle between Russia and Britain for imperial influence over southern and central Asia, immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in his novel Kim. For the British, the threat to India's frontiers compelled them to dispatch diplomats, or more clandestine agents, to survey, map and monitor the approaches to the Indian subcontinent. Anxieties about Russian ambitions in central Asia were magnified by the discovery of military plans and the arrival of 'shooting parties' and 'scientific explorers' on the mountains adjacent to India's northern border. The British faced major problems compounded by the unresolved status of Afghanistan, the interception of agents, and the division of opinion in British military and political circles about the real or imagined nature of the Russian threat to India. The situation...
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Robert Johnson set out to write a historical account that explored the complicated history of the individuals that participated in the game played by Britain and Russia for influence and power in Central Asia. Johnson succeeded admirably in his goal, and his book offers a well-developed account of how the modern intelligence agencies...
