Eisenhower 1956 : the president's year of crisis : Suez and the brink of war / David A. Nichols
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TextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster , c2011.Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edDescription: xx, 346 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781439139332
- 973.921 NIC
- E836 .N529 2011
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| Libro - Monografía | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. | 973.921 NIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 067453 |
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| 973.92 WAL La Guerra Fria | 973.92 WHI America in search of itself : the making of the president 1956-1980 | 973.921 FRA Ike and Dick : portrait of a strange political marriage | 973.921 NIC Eisenhower 1956 : the president's year of crisis : Suez and the brink of war | 973.922 BLA The Kennedy detail : JFK's secret service agents break their silence | 973.922 GIT The sixties : years of hope, days of rage | 973.922 HAL The best and the brightest |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-332) and index.
The man and the moment -- Crises of the heart -- Back in the saddle again -- The candidate -- A tangle of policy and politics -- Trouble over Aswan -- A growing rift -- Betrayal of trust -- Double-crossing Ike -- Days of crisis -- A perfect storm -- Reluctant withdrawal -- Conclusion: waging peace in the Middle East.
Draws on hundreds of newly declassified documents to present an account of the Suez crisis that reveals the considerable danger it posed as well as the influence of Eisenhower's health problems and the 1956 election campaign.
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