Conceived as a move in the Great Game which Russia and England had played for years in central Asia, the British incursion into Tibet was a shot in the dark. It was led by Colonel Francis Younghusband, soldier explorer and mystic.
But Younghusband was caught in political cross-fire and in the end not only failed to accomplish his mission as he conceived it, but was publicly censured.
Conceived as a move in the Great Game which Russia and England had played for years in central Asia, the British incursion into Tibet was a shot in the dark. It was led by Colonel Francis Younghusband, soldier explorer and mystic.
But Younghusband was caught in political cross-fire and in the end not only failed to accomplish his mission as he conceived it, but was publicly censured.
Bayonets to Lhasa
333
Bayonets to Lhasa
333
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780195838329 |
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| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, USA |
| Publication date: | 05/01/1986 |
| Series: | Oxford in Asia Paperbacks Series |
| Pages: | 333 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.99(d) |