The Suez War

by Paul Johnson

Overview

Why did the Suez War ever come to pass? Why did Eden, against public opinion and without sufficient military capability, decide to invade Egypt? When Gamal Abdel Nasser decided to nationalize the Suez Canal, Britain and France reacted dramatically, beginning a chain of events that ultimately led to war. But why did Nasser nationalize the canal in the first place? And what part did the United States of America play in sparking the conflict that resulted in war? Paul Johnson skilfully and clearly explains the roots of the war, the many different political factors involved, the resultant invasion and its repercussions.

First published in 1957, The Suez War walks us through a conflict that many historians feel should never have taken place, and one that Johnson argues has exposed '[t]he real weakness of Britain – never again can we play our unique and honourable role as keeper of the world's conscience.'

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781448214655
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	10/23/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Paul Johnson works as a historian, journalist and author. He was educated at Stonyhurst School in Clitheroe, Lancashire and Magdalen College, Oxford, and first came to prominence in the 1950s as a journalist writing for, and later editing, the New Statesman magazine. He has also written for leading newspapers and magazines in Britain, the US and Europe.

Paul Johnson has published over 40 books including A History of Christianity (1979), A History of the English People (1987), Intellectuals (1988), The Birth of the Modern: World Society, 1815-1830 (1991), Modern Times: A History of the World from the 1920s to the Year 2000 (1999), A History of the American People (2000), A History of the Jews (2001) and Art: A New History (2003) as well as biographies: Elizabeth I (1974), Napoleon (2002), George Washington (2005) and Pope John Paul II (1982).

Table of Contents

1 Prelude to Catastrophe
2 The Spectre of Munich
3 The Wild Men in Paris
4 The Frustrated Invasion
5 The Diplomatic Smoke Screen
6 The Dulles Double-Cross
7 The Plot is Hatched
8 War
9 The World Crisis
10 The Debacle

A Note on the Author