Three Moves Ahead 542: The State with Bret Devereaux
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The Great Gamea - The Great Scramble for Africa
The british and russian competition in central asia. These are conflicts between the great powers that are playing out in other places. And of course, the afghans just found themselves on the the business end of this jockeying for favorable geographic positions. This also, as a side note, explains why the british were so quick to withdraw from afghanistan when things went pear shaped. Because their only mission was to keep the russians out. They accomplished that mission, and then they left.
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