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1. The Great Game

   Britain and Russia in Central Asia

   Edited by Sir Martin Ewans

   The Great Game: Britain and Russia in Central Asia is a collection of key works written in the course of the nineteenth century, when Central Asia was the focus of a political and diplomatic confrontation between Britain and Russia.While the confrontation lasted, commentators on both sides wrote...

   Published November 19th 2003 by Routledge
2. Afghanistan - A New History

   2nd Edition

   By Sir Martin Ewans, Martin Ewans

   Sir Martin Ewans, former Head of the British Chancery in Kabul, puts into an historical and contemporary context the series of tragic events that have impinged on Afghanistan in the past fifty years. The book examines the roots of these developments in Afghanistan's earlier history and external...

   Published November 13th 2002 by Routledge
3. European Atrocity, African Catastrophe

   Leopold II, the Congo Free State and its Aftermath

   By Sir Martin Ewans, Martin Ewans

   There is a broad consensus among those who are concerned with Africa that the plight of the continent is approaching the catastrophic. Partly the roots of the problem are historical, stemming from the exploitation and colonisation of the continent by European powers. An appreciation of the history...

   Published June 27th 2002 by Routledge