#82 GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES - Tournament of Shadows

About this episode

This episode discusses the British East India Company's invasion of Afghanistan and the geopolitical rivalry known as the Great Game.

The British East India Company plots an invasion of Afghanistan. A bogus casus belli and puppet king are all they need—and the rivalry between their agent, Alexander Burnes, and a Russian spy named Ivan Vitkevitch becomes a zero sum game. This is the beginning of the Great Game, or, as the Russians knew it: The Tournament of Shadows. For the more episodes and the rest of the series: https://www.patreon.com/historium Complete original score by (MST). For more by (MST): Substack: ://mou...

People in this episode

Host: Jake Barton

Topics covered

• Afghanistan
• British East India Company
• Great Game
• Russian espionage
• 19th century history

Keywords

• Afghanistan
• British East India Company
• Alexander Burnes
• Ivan Vitkevitch
• Great Game
• Tournament of Shadows
• 19th century
• espionage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: British East India Company

Books & works: Tournament of Shadows

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