📗 Libro en inglés A HISTORY OF KEPSTOWE FREIGHT SERVICES LTD.

Documents British hauliers adventures through the Soviet Union detailing challenges corruption and change The long haul overland run to the old Soviet Union prior to Perestroika Glasnost and the collapse of communism under Gorbachov back in the 1980s and 90s has never really been documented in a book Other than an occasional tale of the difficulties involved verbalised in pub conversations and passed by word of mouth to those who might be interested enough to listen it would never see the light of day This tome is an excellent attempt by the author Mat Ireland to put that lack of the written word to rights There have been a numerous books published about the Golden Era of overland haulage to the Middle East But while that particular adventure was taking place there were other frontiers being quietly breached and explored by hauliers pursuing a different market This book is the story of just such a transport company Kepstowe Freight Sometimes known as the alternative Middle East the overland routes into the old Soviet Union have never had their story recorded in print yet they were just as gruelling on the driver and machine as any trips to the Arabian Peninsula or Iran Whereas most people s perception of the Middle East is all sunshine and sand