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About the Book : The Other Great Game : The Opening of Korea and the Birth of
Modern East Asia
A dramatic new telling of the dawn of modern East Asia, placing Korea at the
center of a transformed world order wrought by imperial greed and devastating
wars.
In the nineteenth century, Russia participated in two "great games": one, well
known, pitted the tsars empire against Britain in Central Asia. The other,
hitherto unrecognized but no less significant, saw Russia, China, and Japan
vying for domination of the Korean Peninsula. In this eye-opening account,
brought to life in lucid narrative prose, Sheila Miyoshi Jager argues that
ISBN-13
9780674983397
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
Belknap Press
Publishing Date
2023-05-30
Total Pages
624
The Other Great Game : The Opening of Korea and the Birth of Modern East Asia
About the Book : The Other Great Game : The Opening of Korea and the Birth of
Modern East Asia
A dramatic new telling of the dawn of modern East Asia, placing Korea at the
center of a transformed world order wrought by imperial greed and devastating
wars.
In the nineteenth century, Russia participated in two "great games": one, well
known, pitted the tsars empire against Britain in Central Asia. The other,
hitherto unrecognized but no less significant, saw Russia, China, and Japan
vying for domination of the Korean Peninsula. In this eye-opening account,
brought to life in lucid narrative prose, Sheila Miyoshi Jager argues that