No end of a lesson : the story of Suez
1967, First Proof Edition. London : Constable. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #367650
Physical description; 205 pages ; 23 cm. Contents; Metamorphosis of a statesman -- Dismissal of General Glubb -- Illusions of imperialism -- Nationalisation of the canal -- Western reactions -- Dulles v. Eden -- Breach with America -- Egyptian concessions -- A Jordanian digression -- Invitation to a conspiracy -- The fatal decision -- Deceiving our allies -- War -- Uproar at Westminster -- The odour of defeat -- Cease-fire -- Retreat -- Post-mortem. Subjects; Nutting, Anthony. Nutting, Anthony, Eden Robert Anthony. Suez Crisis, 1956. Great Britain Foreign relations (1945-1964). Egypt Suez Canal. Great Britain Foreign relations (1945-). United Arab Republic History Intervention, 1956. Egypt History Intervention, 1956. Suez Canal (Egypt). Egypt History Intervention, 1956. Suez Canal. Egypt (1945-1956). imperialism, ideology, colonialism, history, academic discipline, civil unrest, warfare, battle. Suez Egypt Africa. Genres; History. Memoirs (form).
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