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The 1956 Suez War and the new world order in the Middle East : exodus in reverse / Yagil Henkin.
Van Pelt Library DT107.83 .H46 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henkin, Yagil, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Egypt--History--Intervention, 1956.
- Egypt.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 313 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
- Summary:
- The 1956 Suez War, fought between Egypt and the improbable coalition of Britain, France, and Israel, was a key point in the history of the Middle East and the Arab-Israeli conflict. A blitzkrieg-style Israeli victory proved that Israel's victory in the 1948 war was not an accident that could be swiftly fixed by Arab armies, and it gave the country eleven years of relative peace until the next major conflict. An Anglo-French blunder marked the decline of British and French influence in the Middle East, to be replaced by Soviet and US involvement. Egyptian defiance of the great powers of the past marked the high point of Arab nationalism. Despite the importance of the Suez conflict, almost no comprehensive military history of it exists. The 1956 Suez War and the New World Order in the Middle East: Exodus in Reverse changes this by presenting a clear, comprehensive narrative of the conflict with a special emphasis on the military decisions and the short- and long-term results of the conflict, both tactical and strategic, military and political. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Who was who in the Middle East, 1954
- Wild rhetoric and real estate: escalation, 1954-1956
- French steel, British will: planning the Suez War, July-October 1956
- A collusion course: an unlikely alliance, October 1956
- Flying cutters and the paratrooper gambit: opening moves, October 28-30, 1956
- Success and fiasco at Abu-Ageila: October 30-November 2, 1956
- Exodus in reverse: Israel takes Sinai, October 31-November 5, 1956
- The peacekeeping attack: October 31-November 5, 1956
- Hot and cold wars: the allied invasion and the aftermath, November 5, 1956-March 6, 1957
- Epilogue: the legacy of Suez.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780739187203
- 0739187201
- 9781498516723
- 1498516726
- OCLC:
- 900594641
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