{"product_id":"9781555846657","title":"The New Great Game: Blood and Oil in Central Asia","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eThe Prize\u003c\/i\u003e, a contemporary look at the history, passion, and politics of oil and gas resources, and the struggle to control them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Using the concept of the “Great Game” that Rudyard Kipling immortalized in his novel \u003ci\u003eKim\u003c\/i\u003e, Kleveman argues that there is now a new Great Game in the region, a modern variant of the nineteenth-century clash of imperial ambitions of Great Britain and Tsarist Russia. Traveling thousands of miles, from Turkmenistan (where statues of the country’s leader are made of gold and line the thoroughfares) to the Afghan Hindu Kush, Kleveman met with the principal Great Game actors between Kabul and Moscow: oil barons, generals, diplomats, and warlords.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Based on extensive research and travel in the Caucasus, the Caspian, and Central Asia, \u003ci\u003eThe New Great Game\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling travel narrative through one of the world’s last unexplored frontiers, and a savvy and incisive analysis of the power struggle for the world’s remaining energy resources.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[Kleveman] can take credit for a book that is essential for those seeking as many views as possible on this complicated moment in history.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132475982064,"sku":"9781555846657","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555846657_p0.jpg?v=1763757142","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555846657","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}