Euphrates Expedition

Informationen zum Autor John S. Guest Zusammenfassung First published in 1992. 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. This was an exciting period when Britain?€?s might, demonstrated to the world at Trafalgar and Waterloo, was fortified by leadership in steam technology and was given a new direction by the liberal philosophy that British statesmen, thinkers and poets proclaimed at home and abroad. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Peacock's Dream; Chapter 2 The State of the Art; Chapter 3 The Chesney Reconnaissance; Chapter 4 The Balance of Power; Chapter 5 Getting Ready; Chapter 6 Disappointments and Delays; Chapter 7 New Faces and Old Problems; Chapter 8 Steaming down the Great River; Chapter 9 The Wreck of the Tigris; Chapter 10 Down to the Persian Gulf; Chapter 11 Waiting for the Indian Mails; Chapter 12 The Ascent; Chapter 13 The End of the Expedition; Chapter 14 Epilogue;

Product details

• Authors: Guest, John. S. Guest
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.03.2015
• EAN: 9781138862098
• ISBN: 978-1-138-86209-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient Egypt