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Britain and Russia maintained a frosty civility for a few years after Napoleon's defeat in 1815. But, by the 1820s, their relations degenerated into constant acrimonious rivalry over Persia, the Ottoman Empire, Central Asiathe Great Gameand, towards the end of the century, East Asia.

The First Cold Warpresents for the first time the Russian perspective on this game', drawing on the archives of the Tsars' Imperial Ministry. Each world power became convinced of the expansionist aims of the other, and considered these to be at its own expense. When one was successful, the other upped the ante, and so it went on. London and St Petersburg were at war only once in the 1800s, during the Crimean War. But Russophobia and Anglophobia became ingrained on each side, as these two great empires hovered on the brink of hostilities for nearly 100 years.

Not until Britain and Russia recognised that they had more to fear from Wilhelmine Germany did they largely set aside their riva

The First Cold War

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      Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/30/2024
      ISBN13: 9781805260578, 978-1805260578
      ISBN10: 180526057X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Britain and Russia maintained a frosty civility for a few years after Napoleon's defeat in 1815. But, by the 1820s, their relations degenerated into constant acrimonious rivalry over Persia, the Ottoman Empire, Central Asiathe Great Gameand, towards the end of the century, East Asia.

      The First Cold Warpresents for the first time the Russian perspective on this game', drawing on the archives of the Tsars' Imperial Ministry. Each world power became convinced of the expansionist aims of the other, and considered these to be at its own expense. When one was successful, the other upped the ante, and so it went on. London and St Petersburg were at war only once in the 1800s, during the Crimean War. But Russophobia and Anglophobia became ingrained on each side, as these two great empires hovered on the brink of hostilities for nearly 100 years.

      Not until Britain and Russia recognised that they had more to fear from Wilhelmine Germany did they largely set aside their riva

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