01112nam a22001457a 4500020001800000082001200018100001800030245007800048260002900126300003100155500009600186505001900282520061500301650005000916  a9789692308809  a 954.91  aHasan M.Sadiq  aThe End of The Great Game: Was Pakistan The Real US TargetcHasan M.Sadiq  aKarachibHMS Booksc2016  axl,374 Pagesb23x15 cmbPB  aA comprehensive narrative of the US war in Afghanistan and relationship to Middle East oil.  aInclude index.  aThe End of the Great Game is a narrative of geopolitics taking place in South Asia. This is a region that is intimately related to the Middle East and its vast oil reserves. Since the end of World War II major powers of the world such as Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the US have jockeyed for position to either control these resources or prevent the opposing power from gaining control over it. This resulted in the Cold War which lasted for almost five decades. Since the first Gulf War of 1991 between the US and Iraq a new alliance between China, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan has emerged in this region.  aPakistana Foreign relationsa United States.