The Suez War
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: worn/faded, no tears; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: Name and date penned on fep. Binding condition: Intact.
A sharp and timely work of political history, The Suez War chronicles the disastrous 1956 Anglo-French-Israeli military campaign against Egypt following President Nasser's nationalisation of the Suez Canal. Written by Paul Johnson in his capacity as Assistant Editor of the New Statesman & Nation, the account presents a penetrating critique of British imperial overreach and the collapse of the post-war Western alliance under American pressure. Johnson argues with conviction that the Suez Crisis represented a defining moment of humiliation for Britain, exposing the limits of its global power in the Cold War era. With an introduction by the eminent Labour statesman Aneurin Bevan, the book carries the weight of immediate political commentary, written close to the events themselves and informed by insider knowledge of the British left's fierce opposition to the campaign.
Author: Paul Johnson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1957, MacGibbon and Kee
Genre: Military history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: worn/faded, no tears; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: Name and date penned on fep. Binding condition: Intact.
A sharp and timely work of political history, The Suez War chronicles the disastrous 1956 Anglo-French-Israeli military campaign against Egypt following President Nasser's nationalisation of the Suez Canal. Written by Paul Johnson in his capacity as Assistant Editor of the New Statesman & Nation, the account presents a penetrating critique of British imperial overreach and the collapse of the post-war Western alliance under American pressure. Johnson argues with conviction that the Suez Crisis represented a defining moment of humiliation for Britain, exposing the limits of its global power in the Cold War era. With an introduction by the eminent Labour statesman Aneurin Bevan, the book carries the weight of immediate political commentary, written close to the events themselves and informed by insider knowledge of the British left's fierce opposition to the campaign.