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Von Tunzelmann, Alex, 1977-
Subjects
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Cold War.
Sinai Campaign, 1956.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961.
Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956.
Egypt -- History -- Intervention, 1956.
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Von Tunzelmann, Alex, 1977-
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Cold War.
Sinai Campaign, 1956.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961.
Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956.
Egypt -- History -- Intervention, 1956.
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Blood
and
sand
:
Suez
,
Hungary
, and
Eisenhower
's
campaign
for
peace
/ Alex Von Tunzelmann.
by
Von Tunzelmann, Alex, 1977-
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016..
Call #:
973.92 V945b
Subjects
Eisenhower
, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Cold War.
Sinai
Campaign
, 1956.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961.
Hungary
-- History -- Revolution, 1956.
Egypt -- History -- Intervention, 1956.
ISBN:
9780062249241 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Suez
,
Hungary
, and
Eisenhower
's
campaign
for
peace
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xvi, 534 p., 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-509) and index.
Contents:
"I want him murdered" -- "We must keep the Americans really frightened" -- The hammer and sickle torn out -- A plan on a cigarette packet -- Bloody Thursday -- The two musketeers -- The Omega Plan -- No picnic -- "Sandstorms in the desert" -- Ultimatum -- Perfidious Albion -- "There is something the matter with him" -- "Love to Nasty" -- "Help the burglar, shoot the householder" -- Reaping the whirlwind -- "Hit 'em with everything in the bucket" -- Back down -- "The curse of the pharaohs" -- Fates.
Summary:
"A lively, revelatory popular history that tells the story of both the
Suez
Crisis and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956—a tale of conspiracy and revolutions, spies and terrorists, kidnappings and assassination plots, the fall of the British Empire and the rise of American hegemony under the heroic leadership of President Dwight D. Eisenhower—which shaped the Middle East and Europe we know today. The year 1956 was a turning point in history. Over sixteen extraordinary days in October and November of that year, the twin crises involving
Suez
and
Hungary
pushed the world to the brink of a nuclear conflict and what many at the time were calling World War III.
Blood
and
Sand
delivers this story in an hour-by-hour account through a fascinating international cast of characters: Anthony Eden, the British prime minister, caught in a trap of his own making; Gamal Abdel Nasser, the bold young populist leader of Egypt; David Ben-Gurion, the aging Zionist hero of Israel; Guy Mollet, the bellicose French prime minister; and Dwight D.
Eisenhower
, the American president, torn between an old world order and a new one in the very same week that his own fate as president was to be decided by the American people. This is a revelatory history of these dramatic events and people, for the first time setting both crises in the context of the global Cold War, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the treacherous power politics of imperialism and oil.
Blood
and
Sand
resonates strikingly with the problems of oil control, religious fundamentalism, and international unity that face the world today, and is essential reading for anyone concerned with the state of the modern Middle East and Europe."--From publisher.
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