Peter Hopkirk has travelled widely over many years in the regions where his six books are set --- Central Asia, the Caucasus, China, India and Pakistan, Iran and Eastern Turkey. Before turning full-time author, he was an ITN reporter and newscaster for two years, the New York correspondent of the old Daily Express, and worked for nearly twenty years on The Times; five as its chief reporter, and latterly as Middle and Far East specialist. In the 1950s he edited the West African news magazine Drum, sister paper to its legendary South African namesake. Before entering Fleet Street he served as a subaltern in the King's African Rifles --- in the same battalion as Lance Corporal Idi Amin, later to emerge as the Ugandan tyrant. No stranger to misadventure, Hopkirk has twice been held in secret-police cells --- in Cuba and the Middle East --- and also been hijacked by Arab terrorists. His works have been translated into fourteen languages. In 1999 he was awarded the Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal for his writing and travels by the Royal Society for Asian Affairs.
For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth - Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia - fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it 'The Great Game', a phrase immortalized in Kipling's Kim.
When play first began the two rival empires lay nearly 2,000 miles apart. By the end, some Russian outposts were within 20 miles of India.
This classic book tells the story of the Great Game through the exploits of the young officers, both British and Russian, who risked their lives playing it. Disguised as holy men or native horse-traders, they mapped secret passes, gathered intelligence and sought the allegiance of powerful khans. Some never returned. The violent repercussions of the Great Game are still convulsing Central Asia today.
發表於2024-12-23
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小時候看《新聞聯播》時常常會聽到比如“高加索”“剋什米爾”等等和各種分不太清楚的叫“斯坦”的國傢們,這些聽著耳熟能詳但其實到現在依舊不甚瞭瞭。之前並沒有讀過相關題材的書,所以暫時說不上這本書寫得算不算好,在書的前麵很多章大部分都是這麼開頭的——一個精神熠熠...
評分曆史上有無數次大國之間的博弈,作為專有名詞的“大博弈”獨一無二。 自拿破侖戰爭結束到1907年簽訂和約,英俄雙方的競爭持續瞭近一百年。這是帝國與帝國的較量,一個稱霸海上,全世界有4億人口屬於維多利亞女王的子民,地球上的24個時區均有英軍駐紮,太陽無論何時都會照在她...
評分一本講述英俄逐鹿中亞的書。在擴張領土方麵,俄國人曆來堅定,這段曆史有助於認清俄國人的本質。在被濛古人肆虐百年之後,俄國人彈起來的高度驚人。即使麵對大英帝國,她也不乏耐心、毅力、謀略、勇氣、欺詐、恐嚇、殘暴瞭。她一點點的將除瞭印度之外的所有土地全部收入囊中,...
評分History is supposed to be boring, it all depends who's telling the story. Peter Hopkirk is definitely one of the best narrators of history.
評分烏茲彆剋斯坦、土庫曼斯坦、哈薩剋斯坦。。。中亞一直是個神秘的存在,大博弈年代的英俄爭霸,從另一個角度揭開麵紗,使得人們更容易理解今天那裏所發生的一切:曆史總是有著前因後果。英俄當然是為瞭自身的利益涉足這些地方,但給這些地方帶來瞭什麼?是好是壞?這本書讀完,...
圖書標籤: 中亞 曆史 近代史 geopolitics 國際政治 英國 歷史 地緣政治
這本書是從英國人的立場寫的。如果說俄國人貪婪和厚顔無恥,那英國人就隻能用奸詐和僞善來形容瞭。齣人意料的,大博弈終結的原因居然是日本和德國的興起。腐朽的清廷隻能讓這些強盜在周邊和領土上覬覦和橫行而無可奈何,甚或全然無知。此前伊寜見過左宗棠元帥府舊址,今日纔知道從沙俄手中奪迴這些地方是何等不易。不過這本書時間跨度很長,每個片段又寫得不夠精彩,頗有點流水賬的感覺。讀的電子書裏的地圖基本看不清楚,幸而有此前剛讀的《絲綢之路》第287頁的地圖,纔讓這些地理關係比較清楚。
評分藉當年不同人物的冒險事蹟(為數不少二十齣頭建功立業,三十多被砍死~)講述中亞這段英俄博弈歷史,一旦開始,很難放下的書。
評分書是好書,佩服作者吊人胃口的能力,但多餘的話也是有點多,而且不看作者都知道是個英國人也寫的。
評分書是好書,佩服作者吊人胃口的能力,但多餘的話也是有點多,而且不看作者都知道是個英國人也寫的。
評分書是好書,佩服作者吊人胃口的能力,但多餘的話也是有點多,而且不看作者都知道是個英國人也寫的。
The Great Game 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載