The Euphrates Expedition torrent

The Euphrates Expedition - John S. Guest [epub]

From the introduction:
This book invites the reader to cast the mind a hundred and fifty years back to a short span of time between 1829 and 1842. The Euphrates expedition was an attempt by well intentioned British governments to achieve a geopolitical end by a technological means. The objective was to halt Russian expansion in the Near East, where some observers saw a threat to Britain’s control of India. The instrument would be a flotilla of iron-hulled paddle-wheel steamboats that would patrol the long stretch of the river Euphrates from the Anatolian mountains to the Persian Gulf.

Hardcover: 229 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1st edition (January 1, 1992)