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On secret service east of Constantinople : the plot to bring down the British Empire

Under the banner of a Holy War, the Germans and the Turks set out in 1914 to foment revolutionary uprisings against the British in India and the Russians in Central Asia. This work is the true story behind the conspiracy recounted through the adventures of the secret agents who took part in it.
Print Book, English, 2001
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001
History
448 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 20 cm
9780192802309, 0192802305
1063351251
Illustrations; Acknowldegements; Maps; Prologue; A PLACE IN THE SUN; 'Deutschland uber Allah!'; 'Like Some Hidden Fire'; Kaiser Wilhelm's Holy War; The Great Indian Conspiracy; Enver Pasha's Bombshell; THE GERMAN LAWRENCE; The Race for Kabul; Niedermayer's Bluff; Audience with the Emir; Wassmuss Pounces; The Christmas Day Plot; The Storming of Erzerum; The Million-Pound Bribe; The Tide Begins to Turn; THE GREAT RUSSIAN COLLAPSE; Caucasian Powder Keg; Bloodbath in Baku; Captain Noel's Bizarre Adventure; Alone Among the Bolsheviks; The Plot; The Battle for Baku; 'Streets Running with Blood'; The Death Train; Teague-Jones Disappears; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
Originally published: London: John Murray, 1994