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Setting the East Ablaze: On Secret Service in Bolshevik Asia

Peter Hopkirk

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Espionage and conflict in Bolshevik Asia intrigue.

If you're fascinated by the unsung chess game of history where espionage meets revolutionary fervor, "Setting the East Ablaze" offers a front-row seat to the shadowy clash between Bolshevik agents and British spies in Asia. Hopkirk stitches a narrative as thrilling as any spy novel but grounded in the gritty reality of political struggle, making it a mesmerizing read.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Setting the East Ablaze: On Secret Service in Bolshevik Asia

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ISBN: 9780192851666
Author: Peter Hopkirk
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Date of Publication: 1986-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History
Related Topics: Asia, War, Historical
Goodreads rating: 4.2
(rated by 901 readers)

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As the European revolution failed to materialize, Lenin decreed, `Let us turn our faces towards Asia. The East will help us to conquer the West.' Pieced together from secret reports and eye-witness memoirs, this is the first book to tell the story of the Bolshevik attempt to spread Marxism throughout Asia and its frustration by British Indian intelligence agents. An extraordinary story of the intrigue and treachery of the Great Game, its key players include Chinese warlords, Muslim visionaries, and a White Russian baron who roasted his Communist captives alive.
 

Espionage and conflict in Bolshevik Asia intrigue.

If you're fascinated by the unsung chess game of history where espionage meets revolutionary fervor, "Setting the East Ablaze" offers a front-row seat to the shadowy clash between Bolshevik agents and British spies in Asia. Hopkirk stitches a narrative as thrilling as any spy novel but grounded in the gritty reality of political struggle, making it a mesmerizing read.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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