Blood and Sand - Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower's Campaign for Peace

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. Blood and Sand includes 25-30 black-and-white photographs.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alex von Tunzelmann, Alex von Tunzelmann
• Editore: Harper Collins Usa
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.2017
• EAN: 9780062249258
• ISBN: 978-0-06-224925-8
• Pagine: 576
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 37 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia contemporanea (dal 1945 al 1989); Israel, Eastern Europe, Egypt, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Middle Eastern history, African History, General and world history, West Africa, HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN, HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE, HISTORY: MIDDLE EAST, POLITICAL SCIENCE: AMERICAN PRESIDENCY, HISTORY: Middle East / Egypt (see also Ancient / Egypt), HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), History / 20th Century American, Political Science / American Presidency, Political Science / International Political Science, History / Middle East