DIVIDED WE STAND Britain the US and the Suez Crisis

LUCAS W. Scott

ISBN 10: 0340536667 / ISBN 13: 9780340536667

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1991. 9780340536667, 1991

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1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (faint spotting on top edge - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 399 (no inscriptions).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DIVIDED WE STAND Britain the US and the Suez Crisis
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 1991. 9780340536667
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340536667
• ISBN 13: 9780340536667
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military History

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Synopsis

The Suez crisis of 1956, sparked by Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, led to the resignation of a Prime Minister, ended British dominance in the Middle East and threatened to destroy the Anglo-American "alliance". This book includes recently released American, British and Israeli documents and interviews with participants of the Suez crisis using this information to recreate a tale of diplomatic manoeuvring, military planning, Middle Eastern intrigues, conspiracies and blunders. The result is a study not only of nations and power politics but also of personalities: the friction between Anthony Eden and John Foster Dulles; the travails of a Prime Minister, under pressure from the press and uneasy with his senior colleagues; the efforts of Foreign Office and State Department officials to save the Anglo-American relationship by overthrowing the Egyptian Government; the domination of American policy by the Dulles brothers, who were given free reign by President Eisenhower to intervene in other countries throughout the world.

Product Description

399 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.