| Description |
1 online resource (347 pages) |
| Contents |
Title Page; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Introduction; Who Was Who in the Middle East, 1954; Wild Rhetoric and Real Estate; French Steel, British Will; A Collusion Course; Flying Cutters and the Paratrooper Gambit; Success and Fiasco at Abu-Ageila; Exodus in Reverse; The Peacekeeping Attack; Hot and Cold Wars; Epilogue; A Note on Sources; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
The 1956 Suez War, fought between Egypt and the improbable coalition of Britain, France, and Israel, was a key turning point in the history of the Middle East and the Arab-Israeli conflict. This book presents a clear, comprehensive narrative of the conflict with a special emphasis on the military decisions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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| SUBJECT |
Egypt -- History -- Intervention, 1956.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041310
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| Subject |
Egypt
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2015002878 |
| ISBN |
9780739187210 |
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073918721X |
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