Great Game East: India, China and The Struggle For Asia's Most Volatile Frontliner - Hardcover

Lintner, Bertil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9350293455 ISBN 13: 9789350293454

Publisher: HarperCollins India, 2012

Synopsis

the conflict between the Western powers and Russia and China over Central Asias oil and natural resources. But there is another Great Game thats playing out in Asia one that will significantly impact the course of global politics. Bertil Lintner calls it the Great Game East. On the eastern fringes of the Indian subcontinent, the rivalry between India and China grows ever warmer. The call of the Nehruvian era, Hindi-Chini Bhai-Bhai, was drowned out by the resistance in Tibet and the unrest in Indias northeast, and the role the two countries played in these. The rivalry resulted in an on-the-ground battle in 1962, and an undeclared war since. Spies and agents from both countries have been stirring up trouble in the volatile frontier areas all these years. Besides, intelligence agencies of various other countries (the United States, among them) have also been keeping a sharp eye on the developments in the region, particularly Indias northeast. Strategically located at the crossroads of the Indian subcontinent, China and Southeast Asia, the northeastern states of India and the continuing armed strife in that sector hold the key to understanding the true complexity of the hostilities and political ambitions that Asias two giants harbour. In theGreat Game East: India, China and the Struggle for Asias Most Volatile Frontier, Bertil Lintner acknowledged as one of the foremost experts on insurgencies in the region unpacks the layers and layers of complex political intrigues and spy networks that define the Great Game East.

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Review:

"Lintner shines a bright light on one of the most obscure corners of Asia."-Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs "This book is as authoritative as it is intriguing."-Literary Review Literary Review "This is a timely and important work that sheds light on the important geopolitical developments occurring in South Asia... If indeed we are in the Asian century, Lintner's Great Game East will be an important guide to our understanding of how this came about and what to expect in the immediate future."-Asian Review of Books Asian Review of Books

About the Author:

Bertil Lintner has written for numerous publications including Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, the Asia Times Online, the Wall Street Journal, the International Herald Tribune, and Politico. He lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins India
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 9350293455
• ISBN 13: 9789350293454
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 476