The Dust of the Empire: The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland
by Meyer, Karl E
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1586480480
- ISBN 13
- 9781586480486
- Seller
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Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Near Fine First Edition (May 1, 2003) First Edition First Printing 237 uncut pages with B&W illustrations in text. Maps on endpapers. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. Unclipped dustjacket in fine condition.
Veteran US journalist Meyer, coauthor of Tournament of shadows: the great game and race for empire in Central Asia (1999), seeks to educate Americans in the post-9/11 terrorist war context about the history of a perennial "hotspot" that has long viewed the US as an empire. Includes a map of Asia and photos of US, British, and Soviet players in the region
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- Bookseller
- Lansdowne Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 360
- Title
- The Dust of the Empire
- Author
- Meyer, Karl E
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1586480480
- ISBN 13
- 9781586480486
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Place of Publication
- NYC
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- pp. 237
- Size
- 8vo 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Middle East; collectible;
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Lansdowne Books
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