Suez
by Thomas, Hugh
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
£22.21£11.10
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About This Item
New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967. This brilliant essay in contemporary history explores and explains the extraordinary sequence of events that culminated in the Anglo-French Suez expedition in 1956 and the Israeli invasion of the Sinai peninsula. The enmity between Dulles and Eden, the Israeli desire for a preventive war, the shades of Munich and appeasement that haunted British Statesmen, the question of oil supplies, the run on the British pound, the part played by Russia, Eisenhower and the US elections, UN involvement..... these and many other forgotten and hidden episodes provide new understanding and fascinating reading. Preface by the author. Appendices, bibliographical notes, notes and references and index follow the main content. A generous list of illustrations provided.... photographs on semi-gloss stock. Two maps.... (1) Suez at the Centre of the World..... (2) The Battlefield, Oct-Nov 1956. Maps drawn by Ted Powers. A square bright book in a price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B437
- Title
- Suez
- Author
- Thomas, Hugh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York and Evanston
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Suez Canal World History Politics
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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