01566nam a22002177a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100120008308200170009510000160011224500810012826000400020930000300024936500530027952008860033265000210121865000380123965000390127765000320131620260114162533.0260114b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781037203923  cAL  aEnglish  a940.53bHIGM  aNick Higham  aMavericksb: empire oil revolution and the forgotten battle of world war one  aLondonbBloomsbury Publishingc2025  ax,342p.bPBc23.5x15.5cm.  a5464b₹639.00c₹d₹799.00e20%f10-01-2026  aThe forgotten story of a group of British mavericks who took on an impossible mission with a daring and fearless approach.
As the First World War drew to a close and regimes began to collapse across Europe, British officials plotted a daring campaign to send an unlikely band of maverick soldiers, diplomats and spies to the chaotic region around the Caspian Sea. Their mission: to block the advance of the Turks, to hold back the rising Bolsheviks and prevent a Turkish-inspired jihad overwhelming India, and to secure the vital supply of oil from Baku.
Drawing on personal diaries, memoirs and once-secret government archives, Mavericks brings to life a cast of eccentric heroes who survived against all odds to tell their extraordinary tales. This is a propulsive story of boldness and intrigue, set in a forgotten corner of the Great War where the rules were made to be broken.  aMilitary History  aImperial Strategy and Geopolitics  aCollapse of Empires and Revolution  aOil and Strategic Resources