A gripping tale of international intrigue, betrayal, and personal
drama during the darkest days of the Cold War, "Eisenhower 1956 "is
the first major book to examine the event in thirty years.
Debunking most historians' opinion that the Suez crisis was merely
a minor incident linked to the end of colonial rule in Egypt,
"Eisenhower 1956"--drawing on hundreds of newly declassified
documents--makes clear that it was the most dangerous crisis of
Eisenhower's presidency. Eisenhower used economic threats to force
his British, French, and Israeli allies to withdraw from Egypt and
put U.S. military forces on alert to deter Soviet intervention in
the Middle East. Current U.S. policy in the region dates to the
Suez crisis, when we replaced Great Britain as the guarantor of
stability.
Acclaimed Eisenhower expert David Nichols masterfully weaves great
personal drama--Eisenhower's two life-threatening illnesses--with
simultaneous world crises (America's closest allies invade Egypt
while the Soviets invade Hungary) and the final days of the 1956
presidential election campaign into a white-knuckle read.
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