"Book review: Setting the East Ablaze" Topic

"This book, ostensibly, is about the Bolshevik's attempts, under Lenin and then Stalin, to spread the Revolution to central and western Asia, particularly then British India. At one level it is a boys own adventure, "like a Buchan novel" as Hopkirk describes it; but it has a darker and more menacing edge. To me it is more akin to a Le Carré novel or an episode of Callan, except that, as is so often the case, fact is stranger (and far more harrowing) than fiction.

Spanning 1918–1949 the book describes British clashes with Russia—spying, espionage as well as political manoeuvring and grand-standing. This began in the late 19th century with what was known as the Great Game, ceased when the two were allies in the First World War and then re-started under Bolshevist regime. Thus the concurrence of the Russian revolution with what were to be the last months of the First World War intersected with the struggle for empire. As I said previously though, there is far more to the book than this…#

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Amicalement
Armand

I just bought that book a couple months ago, haven't gotten to it yet.

Waiting your comments… (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

I have all of Hopkirks books, this one is my favorite. An excellent read