Great Games, Local Rules

by Alexander Cooley

Book Overview

The struggle between Russia and Great Britain over Central Asia in the nineteenth century was the original "great game." But in the past quarter century, a new "great game" has emerged, pitting America against a newly aggressive Russia and a resource-hungry China, all struggling for influence over the same region, now one of the most volatile areas in the world: the long border region stretching from Iran through Pakistan to Kashmir.

In Great...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199929823
• ISBN13: 9780199929825
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"