Published April 11, 1991
by Oxford University Press, USA .
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Contributions | Wm. Roger Louis (Editor), Roger Owen (Editor) |
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | 448 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL9353468M |
| ISBN 10 | 0198202415 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780198202417 |
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This title includes a new Foreword by WM. Roger Louis. On 26 July , the British Empire received a blow from which it would never recover. On this day, Egypt's President Gamal Abdul Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal Company, one of the gems of Britain's imperial portfolio. It was to be a fateful day for Britain as a world by: Suez Timothy Benson, Whose New Book Explores How the Suez Crisis Was Viewed in the World's Press and by Cartoonists in Particular, Here Tells the Story of a Tumultuous Year. Read preview. Article excerpt. BRITAIN'S FIRST OCCUPATION of Egypt, supposedly temporary, had begun in and lasted until June Thus Egypt became, in all but. Suez Crisis, international crisis in the Middle East, precipitated on J , when the Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, nationalized the Suez Canal. The canal had been owned by the Suez Canal Company, which was controlled by French and British interests. The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli war, also called the tripartite aggression (Arabic: العدوان الثلاثي ) in the Arab world and Sinai War in Israel, was an invasion of Egypt in late by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had just Location: Gaza Strip and Egypt (Sinai and Suez .
Suez Canal, Arab. Qanat as Suways, waterway of Egypt extending from Port Said to Port Tawfiq (near Suez) and connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Gulf of Suez and thence with the Red Sea. The canal is somewhat more than mi ( km) long. Proceeding S from Port Said, it runs in an almost undeviating straight line to Lake Timsah. In October , Britain, France and Israel launched an attack on Egypt. For each of the contenders there was much more at stake than the future of the Canal. None of the combatants in the Suez campaign emerged in glory which may be why, in recent years, it has been largely relegated to academic studies/5(10). In July Egyptian President Gamal Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, causing immediate concern to Britain and France. They already opposed Nasser and were worried at the threat to maritime traffic in the Canal. This book Cited by: 4. Suez A Personal Account by Lloyd, Selwyn and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at
