Blood and sand : Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower's campaign for peace /
A revelatory popular history that tells the story of 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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | A revelatory popular history that tells the story of 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 534 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 006224924X 9780062249241 |