Descent to Suez; Diaries 1951-56
by Shuckburgh, Evelyn
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0393024148
- ISBN 13
- 9780393024142
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About This Item
New York: W.W.Norton [0-393-02414-8] 1987, 1st U.S. Edition. (Hardcover) 380pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Notes, photographs, map, index. "From empire to impotence - no great power has fallen so far, so fast, as did Britain in the years 1951-1956. This crucial half-decade in the Cold War opened with the final return to office of Winston Churchill, shining symbol of Britain's hard-won victory in World War II; it closed with the defeat of Anthony Eden, his political heir, and of the nation itself in the Suez Crisis". Book about Winston Churchill & Anthony Eden. Time Period 1951-1956. Locale: Palestine; Suez. (History--England, Cold War, Diplomacy, Foreign Relations, History--England, Suez Crisis).
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- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010038
- Title
- Descent to Suez; Diaries 1951-56
- Author
- Shuckburgh, Evelyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0393024148
- ISBN 13
- 9780393024142
- Publisher
- W.W.Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1987
- Keywords
- History--England, Cold War, Diplomacy, Foreign Relations, History--England, Suez Crisis
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