Overview

By the early 1900s both Britain and Russia, suspicious of Imperial Germany, decided to stabilize their relations and replace their rivalry in Central Asia - the 'Great Game' - with rapprochement. But as Jennifer Siegel here demonstrates, reality in the field told a different story. The momentum of imperial rivalry, spiced by oil and railway development, could not be arrested and various interests on both sides continued to stoke the fire with increasing aggressiveness. By 1914 Britain and Russia were on the brink of war with each other to be saved only by the outbreak of World War I. This book is a groundbreaking and original study based on hitherto unseen archives in Moscow and St Petersburg, as well as original research in London.

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Author:   Jennifer Siegel (Ohio State University, USA) ,  Paul Kennedy
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Volume:   v. 25
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.594kg
ISBN:  

9781850433712

ISBN 10:   1850433712
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   24 May 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Journal of Modern History, Vol. 77, 2nd June 2005. Review by Edward Ingram: 'This stimulating book... a fascinating example of how a precisely defined, detailed monograph can suggest a new way of looking at issues of great historical importance.'

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Jennifer Siegel undertook her research at Yale University and now teaches at Boston University.

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