{"product_id":"setting-the-east-ablaze-peter-hopkirk-9780719564505","title":"Setting the East Ablaze","description":"'Let us turn our faces towards Asia', exhorted Lenin when the long-awaited revolution in Europe failed to materialize. 'The East will help us conquer the West.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Hopkirk's book tells for the first time the story of the Bolshevik attempt to set the East ablaze with the heady new gospel of Marxism. Lenin's dream was to liberate the whole of Asia, but his starting point was British India. A shadowy undeclared war followed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong the players in this new Great Game were British spies, Communist revolutionaries, Muslim visionaries and Chinese warlords - as well as a White Russian baron who roasted his Bolshevik captives alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is an extraordinary tale of intrigue and treachery, barbarism and civil war, whose violent repercussions continue to be felt in Central Asia today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Hopkirk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0719564506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780719564505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e John Murray Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Peter Hopkirk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947013570815,"sku":"9780719564505","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_70eb2535-c81c-479e-95d3-8d99dca6d7c8.jpg?v=1681516193","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/setting-the-east-ablaze-peter-hopkirk-9780719564505","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}