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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825304803321

Autore

Henkin Yagil

Titolo

The 1956 Suez War and the new world order in the Middle East : exodus in reverse / / Yagil Henkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, [England] : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-7391-8721-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Disciplina

956.04/41

Soggetti

Egypt History Intervention, 1956

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.