01836nam a22002537a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100120008308200170009510000240011224500810013626000400021730000300025736500530028752008860034065000290122665000460125565000470130165000400134894200120138899900190140095201630141920260114162533.0260114b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781037203923  cAL  aEnglish  a940.53bHIGM  aNick Higham9251335  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 History9251336  aImperial Strategy and Geopolitics9251337  aCollapse of Empires and Revolution9251338  aOil and Strategic Resources9251339  2ddccBK  c240754d240754  00102ddc40708PSaALbALcSKd2026-01-13eBiblios Book Point, Surathkal-575014g639.00l0o940.53 HIGMp078023r2026-01-14 16:03:53v799.00w2026-01-10yBK