{"product":{"product_id":"1568360223","title":"The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia","price":"18.0","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51pjdPoIy9L._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/1568360223"},"comments":[{"body":"The 1842 retreat from Kabul, as previously said was one - 18,500 men, women and children killed in 6 days with one lone survivor.  If you want to read a wonderful, fascinating book about it check out the award winning ‘The Great Game’ by Peter Hopkirk, which details the British-Russia fight for India, which mostly took place in Afghanistan.  https://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Struggle-Central-Kodansha/dp/1568360223","subreddit_name":"geopolitics","author":"txzman"},{"body":"In Tashkent, yes absolutely.  Its actually fascinating how Russian policy to central asia stayed exactly the same from tsar to soviet administration.   (I love this book: [The Great Game](https://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Struggle-Central-Kodansha/dp/1568360223) ). But Kyiv has been part of the Russian sense of Russia for longer than the US has been a going concern; Russia traces itself back to the Kievan Rus'.  \r\n\r\nOne alternatively could assess the Ukrainians inherited the hardass part of the Red Army that gave me nuclear war nightmares growing up, and the Russians inherited the part of the Soviet command economy that makes punchlines.","subreddit_name":"LeopardsAteMyFace","author":"Capable_Stranger9885"},{"body":"I can recommend Peter Hopkirk's book - he has written several other books about the history of the area as well \r\n\r\n\u0026amp;#x200B;\r\n\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Struggle-Central-Kodansha/dp/1568360223/ref=d\\_pd\\_sbs\\_sccl\\_1\\_1/143-1125125-7523523?pd\\_rd\\_w=bMUvJ\u0026amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.3676f086-9496-4fd7-8490-77cf7f43f846\u0026amp;pf\\_rd\\_p=3676f086-9496-4fd7-8490-77cf7f43f846\u0026amp;pf\\_rd\\_r=RY6T0HF3AM3TZKR6E5TS\u0026amp;pd\\_rd\\_wg=Buo15\u0026amp;pd\\_rd\\_r=a5bbf105-5e3e-449a-a467-044d74afff6d\u0026amp;pd\\_rd\\_i=1568360223\u0026amp;psc=1","subreddit_name":"Russianhistory","author":"paul_thomas84"},{"body":"There are a couple from the great game period, where Russia and Britain were rivaling each other in the central asia. You'll likely find plenty original intelligence officers as authors in the references of [Hopkirk's \"The Great Game\"](https://www.amazon.de/Great-Game-Struggle-Central-Kodansha/dp/1568360223). ","subreddit_name":"geopolitics","author":"gustavelund"},{"body":"[The Great Game - Peter Hopkirk](https://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Struggle-Central-Kodansha/dp/1568360223)  \r\n\r\nAnything else by Hopkirk is also worth reading, but The Great Game focuses on the rivalry between Russia and Britain in Central Asia.  It's a long book, but very readable.  I read it before the current conflicts and went back and reread it.  Amazing how little some things change.","subreddit_name":"Military","author":"irishjihad"},{"body":"\u0026gt; Chinese textbook claim Tibet is always part of China, this is not correct. India textbook claim China has nothing to do with Tibet until 1950 invasion, that is not correct either.\r\n\u0026gt; \r\n\r\nThis is incredibly basic understanding of academia. This is literally entry-level thought. Even at Wikipedia they've always disallowed sources based on criteria just like this. This is not something you should be trumpeting as giving your opinion authority, this is something you should assume everybody already knows.\r\n\r\nBecause they do.\r\n\r\n\u0026gt; do yourself a favor to borrow a book called great game. https://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Struggle-Central-Kodansha/dp/1568360223 At least learn some history of Tibet first.\r\n\r\nI appreciate the offer, but I am already pretty well versed in this topic. Apart from anything else, your reccomendation lacks accuracy - the Great Game was between the British and Russian Empires, with Central Asia merely the staging ground. Moreso, that staging ground focused on the Hindu Kush, Afghanistan and the push to India, not the Himalayas. Tibet would be a passing reference in such a text.","subreddit_name":"worldnews","author":"FinnDaCool"},{"body":"Chinese textbook claim Tibet is always part of China, this is not correct. \r\nIndia textbook claim China has nothing to do with Tibet until 1950 invasion, that is not correct either. \r\n\r\nNationalism blind people's mind, and it has nothing to do with Communism or Democrats. Both side brainwash their people for political reason. \r\n\r\ndo yourself a favor to borrow a book called great game.\r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Struggle-Central-Kodansha/dp/1568360223\r\nAt least learn some history of Tibet first.\r\n\r\nfor such a complicated issue, there is not black white answer. \r\n","subreddit_name":"worldnews","author":"hiacbanks"},{"body":"You're spamming me. Please stop. I've already responded to you.\r\n\r\n\u0026gt; \u0026gt; Chinese textbook claim Tibet is always part of China, this is not correct. India textbook claim China has nothing to do with Tibet until 1950 invasion, that is not correct either.\r\n\u0026gt; \r\n\r\n\u0026gt; This is incredibly basic understanding of academia. This is literally entry-level thought. Even at Wikipedia they've always disallowed sources based on criteria just like this. This is not something you should be trumpeting as giving your opinion authority, this is something you should assume everybody already knows.\r\n\r\n\u0026gt; Because they do.\r\n\r\n\u0026gt;\u0026gt; do yourself a favor to borrow a book called great game. https://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Struggle-Central-Kodansha/dp/1568360223 At least learn some history of Tibet first.\r\n\r\n\u0026gt; I appreciate the offer, but I am already pretty well versed in this topic. Apart from anything else, your reccomendation lacks accuracy - the Great Game was between the British and Russian Empires, with Central Asia merely the staging ground. Moreso, that staging ground focused on the Hindu Kush, Afghanistan and the push to India, not the Himalayas. Tibet would be a passing reference in such a text.","subreddit_name":"worldnews","author":"FinnDaCool"},{"body":"Peter Hopkirk wrote a superb book about this, called [The Great Game](https://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Struggle-Central-Kodansha/dp/1568360223). I highly recommend it. \r\n\r\nIt will make you very, very angry at US policy in Afghanistan and central Asia.","subreddit_name":"history","author":"whistleridge"},{"body":"\u0026gt;Toodles for a few, folks!\r\n\r\nAnother one leaving, huh? Take care buddy!\r\n\r\n\u0026gt;Throw some books in this sack as I hit the road, Jack.\r\n\r\nThe Great Game is **fascinating** history: http://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Struggle-Central-Kodansha/dp/1568360223/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1424117594\u0026amp;sr=8-1\u0026amp;keywords=the+great+game\r\n\r\nAnything by Haruki Murakami. I've never read anything bad from him. Neil Gaiman's not half bad either. I quite liked Sam Harris' recent book.\r\n\r\n\u0026gt;I'll be back.\r\n\r\nHopefully sooner rather than later. Enjoy!","subreddit_name":"zen","author":"p_j_w"},{"body":"Not the Middle East exactly, but if you want a GREAT perspective on the Middle East and Central Asia you MUST read, [The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk.](http://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Struggle-Central-Kodansha/dp/1568360223)\r\n\r\nThis an excellent long view of history for those areas.  You will not be disappointed.","subreddit_name":"books","author":"st_gulik"},{"body":"http://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Struggle-Central-Kodansha/dp/1568360223  A book I'm reading that is really awesome and that I was looking up reviews for. ","subreddit_name":"AskReddit","author":"veeko"},{"body":"As a fellow Flashman fan I highly recommend \"The Great Game\" by Peter Hopkirk.  Check out the reviews -you're in for a treat with this book:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Struggle-Central-Kodansha/dp/1568360223","subreddit_name":"history","author":"bokononon"},{"body":"You're in for a treat with this one - The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia by Peter Hopkirk:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Struggle-Central-Kodansha/dp/1568360223\r\n","subreddit_name":"books","author":"bokononon"},{"body":"\u0026gt; foreign invader\r\nCan you summarize Tibet history briefly? If you have no idea, do yourself a favor to borrow a book called great game.  \r\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Struggle-Central-Kodansha/dp/1568360223\r\n\r\nAt least educate yourself first.\r\n","subreddit_name":"worldnews","author":"hiacbanks"}]}