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010			_a2011000771
020			_a9781439139332
050	0	0	_aE836 _b.N529 2011
082	0	0	_a973.921 NIC
100	1		_aNichols, David A. _q(David Allen) _d, 1939-,
245	1	0	_aEisenhower 1956 _b: the president's year of crisis : Suez and the brink of war _c/ David A. Nichols
250			_a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Simon & Schuster _c, c2011.
300			_axx, 346 p., [8] p. of plates _b: ill. _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-332) and index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
520			_aDraws 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.
600	1	0	_aEisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
650		0	_aPolitical leadership _z--United States _v--Case studies
650		0	_aInternational relations _x--Decisionmaking
651			_aEgypt _x-History _y-Intervention 1956
651		0	_aUnited States _x--Foreign relations
942			_cMO
999			_c271649 _d271649