Reassessing Suez 1956

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Contents: Introduction, Simon C. Smith Prelude to the Suez crisis: the rise and fall of British dominance over the Suez Canal, 1869a "1956, Steve Morewood Eden, Churchill and the battle of the Canal Zone, 1951a "54, Michael T. Thornhill Britain and the Suez crisis: the Abadan dimension, Peter J. Beck Julian Amery and the Suez operation, Sue Onslow Who to fight in 1956, Egypt or Israel? Operation Musketeer versus Operation Cordage, Eric Grove French-Israeli relations, 1950a "1956: the strategic dimension, Zach Levey Supporting the brave young king: the Suez crisis and Eisenhower's new approach to Jordan, 1953a "1958, Clea Lutz Bunch A reluctant partner of the US over Suez? Turkey and the Suez crisis, AysegA l Sever The 1956 Sinai war: a watershed in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, David Tal When did Nasser expect war? The Suez nationalization and its aftermath in Egypt, Laura M. James The Suez crisis at the United Nations: the effects for the Foreign Office and British foreign policy, Edward Johnson In search of 'some big, imaginative plan': the Eisenhower administration and American strategy in the Middle East after Suez, Richard V. Damms Telling tales out of school: Nutting, Eden and the attempted suppression of No End of a Lesson, Philip Murphy Post-Suez consequences: Anglo-American relations in the Middle East from Eisenhower to Nixon, Tore T. Petersen Suez 1956 and the moral disarmament of the British empire, A.J. Stockwell Conclusion, Scott Lucas Index.