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Great games, local rules : the new great power contest in Central Asia / Alexander Cooley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooley, Alexander, 1972- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geopolitics--Asia, Central.
- Geopolitics.
- Asia, Central--Foreign relations--1991-.
- Asia, Central.
- Asia, Central--Strategic aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (539 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- 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 one of the volatile areas in the world: the long border region stretching from Iran through Pakistan to Kashmir. In Great Games, Local Rules, Alexander Cooley, one of America's most respected Central Asia experts, explores the dynamics of the new competition over the region since 9/11. All three
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-997858-1
- 1-283-84851-1
- 0-19-981202-0
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