Suez Deconstructed: An Interactive Study in Crisis, War, and Peacemaking
By Philip Zelikow and Ernest May
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
Experiencing a major crisis from different viewpoints, step by step
The Suez crisis of 1956—now little more than dim history for many people—offers a master class in statecraft. It was a potentially explosive Middle East confrontation capped by a surprise move that reshaped the region for years to come. It was a diplomatic crisis that riveted the world’s attention. And it was a short but startling war that ended in unexpected ways for every country involved.
Six countries, including two superpowers, had major roles, but each saw the situation differently. From one stage to the next, it could be hard to tell which state was really driving the action. As in any good ensemble, all the actors had pivotal parts to play.
Like an illustration that uses an exploded view of an object to show how it works, this book uses an unprecedented design to deconstruct the Suez crisis. The story is broken down into three distinct phases. In each phase, the reader sees the issues as they were perceived by each country involved, taking into account different types of information and diverse characteristics of each leader and that leader’s unique perspectives. Then, after each phase has been laid out, editorial observations invite the reader to consider the interplay.
Developed by an unusual group of veteran policy practitioners and historians working as a team, Suez Deconstructed is not just a fresh way to understand the history of a major world crisis. Whether one's primary interest is statecraft or history, this study provides a fascinating step-by-step experience, repeatedly shifting from one viewpoint to another. At each stage, readers can gain rare experience in the way these very human leaders sized up their situations, defined and redefined their problems, improvised diplomatic or military solutions, sought ways to influence each other, and tried to change the course of history.
Related to Suez Deconstructed
Related ebooks
Angela Merkel: Europe's Most Influential Leader Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Guardians: Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Fate of Freedom Elsewhere: Human Rights and U.S. Cold War Policy toward Argentina Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of George F. Kennan's American Diplomacy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMost Favored Nation: The Republican Revisionists and U.S. Tariff Policy, 1897-1912 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsContainment and Credibility: The Ideology and Deception That Plunged America into the Vietnam War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Atlantic Realists: Empire and International Political Thought Between Germany and the United States Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsVersailles 1919: A Centennial Perspective Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Picky Eagle: How Democracy and Xenophobia Limited U.S. Territorial Expansion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIntellectual Radicalism after 1989: Crisis and Re-orientation in the British and the American Left Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFleeing Nazi Germany: Five Historians Migrate to America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsConscription and Conflict in the Confederacy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHitler's Shadow Empire: Nazi Economics and the Spanish Civil War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary: The Politics of Happiness: Review and Analysis of Derek Bok's Book Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPromise and Peril: America at the Dawn of a Global Age Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of Yascha Mounk's The People vs. Democracy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStates and the Reemergence of Global Finance: From Bretton Woods to the 1990s Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Elusive Quest: America's Pursuit of European Stability and French Security, 1919-1933 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from Roosevelt to Clinton Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Cultural Dementia: How the West has Lost its History, and Risks Losing Everything Else Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5George Mason, Forgotten Founder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Grand Illusion?: An Essay on Europe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Grand Improvisation: America Confronts the British Superpower, 1945-1957 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Germany's Cold War: The Global Campaign to Isolate East Germany, 1949-1969 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of Tony Judt's Ill Fares the Land Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSavage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hard Choices: What Britain Does Next Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBritain's Rise to Global Superpower in the Age of Napoleon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsState of the Union Addresses Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
History & Theory For You
The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Theory of Justice: Original Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Psychology of Totalitarianism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Origins Of Totalitarianism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Summary Guide: The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene | The Mindset Warrior Summary Guide Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Art of War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Social Acceleration: A New Theory of Modernity Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior: ...And Other Important Writings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Prince: Second Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Republic by Plato Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Five Minds for the Future Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Is Administrative Law Unlawful? Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Reconstruction Updated Edition: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-18 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Antisemitism: Part One of The Origins of Totalitarianism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSinister Forces—The Manson Secret: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Wretched of the Earth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5On War: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Human Condition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bloodbath Nation Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Discourse on Inequality Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Suez Deconstructed
0 ratings0 reviews