The economic diplomacy of the Suez crisis / Diane B. Kunz.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Kunz, Diane B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• United States--Foreign economic relations.
• Europe--Foreign economic relations.
• Suez Canal (Egypt)--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [1991]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Diane Kunz describes here how the United States employed economic diplomacy to affect relations among states during the Suez Crisis of 1956-57. Using political and financial archival material from the United States and Great Britain, and drawing from personal interviews with many of the key players, Kunz focuses on how economic diplomacy determined the course of events during the crisis from start to finish. In doing so, she provides both an excellent case study of the role of economic sanctions in international relations and a solid treatment of the American use of such sanctions against a

Contents:

• Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Sinews of War?; ONE: Special Relationships; TWO: Playing the Game; THREE: The Stick, Not the Carrot; FOUR: Saving the Nation; FIVE: A Fatal Mistake; SIX: Using Force; SEVEN: The American Way; EIGHT: Conclusion: The Importance of Having Money; APPENDIX A: The Anglo-American Financial Agreement; APPENDIX B: The Tripartite Declaration; APPENDIX C: Information Concerning the Supply of Middle Eastern Oil in 1956; APPENDIX D: Principal Aspects of the Anglo-American Offers to Fund the Aswan High Dam; APPENDIX E: Sterling Assets; Notes
• Select BibliographyIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Z

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 9798890885333
• 9780807862698
• 080786269X

OCLC:

776516203