Suez: Splitting Of A Nation
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Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: worn/faded, chipping and tears but still structural (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few moments in modern British history carry the weight of the 1956 Suez Crisis — a catastrophic miscalculation that shattered the illusion of empire and cleaved the nation in two. Russell Braddon's Suez: Splitting of a Nation chronicles the full arc of this defining episode, from Anthony Eden's fateful decision to intervene militarily in Egypt following Nasser's nationalisation of the Suez Canal, to the humiliating Anglo-French withdrawal under American and Soviet pressure. With meticulous detail and sharp political insight, Braddon reconstructs the backroom manoeuvres, the secret collusion with Israel and France, and the bitter public debate that divided parliament, press, and people alike. Braddon writes with the confidence of a journalist and the precision of a historian, presenting the Suez affair not merely as a foreign policy disaster but as a profound rupture in Britain's postwar identity. The book argues compellingly that Suez was the moment Britain was forced to confront the limits of its diminished power on the world stage — a reckoning that reverberated through decades of political life. For anyone seeking to understand how nations lose their nerve and their standing in a single, catastrophic act, this account remains as urgent as ever.
Author: Russell Braddon
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Collins
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: worn/faded, chipping and tears but still structural (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few moments in modern British history carry the weight of the 1956 Suez Crisis — a catastrophic miscalculation that shattered the illusion of empire and cleaved the nation in two. Russell Braddon's Suez: Splitting of a Nation chronicles the full arc of this defining episode, from Anthony Eden's fateful decision to intervene militarily in Egypt following Nasser's nationalisation of the Suez Canal, to the humiliating Anglo-French withdrawal under American and Soviet pressure. With meticulous detail and sharp political insight, Braddon reconstructs the backroom manoeuvres, the secret collusion with Israel and France, and the bitter public debate that divided parliament, press, and people alike. Braddon writes with the confidence of a journalist and the precision of a historian, presenting the Suez affair not merely as a foreign policy disaster but as a profound rupture in Britain's postwar identity. The book argues compellingly that Suez was the moment Britain was forced to confront the limits of its diminished power on the world stage — a reckoning that reverberated through decades of political life. For anyone seeking to understand how nations lose their nerve and their standing in a single, catastrophic act, this account remains as urgent as ever.