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020			_a9781037203923
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041			_aEnglish
082			_a940.53 _bHIGM
100			_aNick Higham _9251335
245			_aMavericks _b: empire oil revolution and the forgotten battle of world war one
260			_aLondon _bBloomsbury Publishing _c2025
300			_ax,342p. _bPB _c23.5x15.5cm.
365			_a5464 _b₹639.00 _c₹ _d₹799.00 _e20% _f10-01-2026
520			_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.
650			_aMilitary History _9251336
650			_aImperial Strategy and Geopolitics _9251337
650			_aCollapse of Empires and Revolution _9251338
650			_aOil and Strategic Resources _9251339
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