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Suez: The Splitting of a Nation
Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 253 pages; 253 p. 23 cm. Egypt --History --Intervention, 1956. Great Britain --Politics and government --1945-1964.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1973
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Russell Braddon
81 books22 followersRussell Reading Braddon was an Australian writer of novels, biographies and TV scripts. His chronicle of his four years as a prisoner of war, The Naked Island, sold more than a million copies.
Braddon was born in Sydney, Australia, the son of a barrister. He served in the Malayan campaign during World War II. He was held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese in Pudu and Changi prisons and on the Thailand-Burma Railway between 1942 and 1945.
In 1949, Braddon moved to England. He described his writing career as "beginning by chance". The Naked Island, published in 1952, was one of the first accounts of a Japanese prisoner of war's experience.
Braddon went on to produce a wide range of works, including novels, biographies, histories, TV scripts and newspaper articles. He was also a broadcaster on radio and television.
Proud Australian Boy: A Biography of Russell Braddon by Nigel Starck was published in Australia in 2011.
Braddon was born in Sydney, Australia, the son of a barrister. He served in the Malayan campaign during World War II. He was held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese in Pudu and Changi prisons and on the Thailand-Burma Railway between 1942 and 1945.
In 1949, Braddon moved to England. He described his writing career as "beginning by chance". The Naked Island, published in 1952, was one of the first accounts of a Japanese prisoner of war's experience.
Braddon went on to produce a wide range of works, including novels, biographies, histories, TV scripts and newspaper articles. He was also a broadcaster on radio and television.
Proud Australian Boy: A Biography of Russell Braddon by Nigel Starck was published in Australia in 2011.
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February 4, 2021
Anyone interested in the British political scene from the end of WW2 until our joining the EEC should read this book. And while reading it bear in mind the state of world politics today. (For this review I will put Covid aside).
Russell Braddon, an Australian writer, follows the shenanigans of the Suez crisis in front of and behind the scenes. It really was the end for British imperialism and the beginning of a different place for Britain in the world. It took from 1956 until 1973 to finally join the EEC. Today, we have turned our backs on the whole project.
Rightly or wrongly, Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal so much to the chagrin of HMG that they decided to bomb Egypt. It all ended in tears but strangely didn’t do any harm to the Tory Govt. who stayed in power until 1963. France was involved while the Americans were dead set against another military adventure. It did seem to be the death knell for the elite running the country, but here we are in 2020 and they are firmly back in control.
I was 16 years old in 1956 and it was the year I left home and went to sea. To be honest, I don’t recall Suez being spoken about by my parents or anyone else. The first realisation was on my first trip to Australia when we had to go via Cape Town rather than through the canal.
That aside, Braddon did a remarkable job interviewing all and sundry from politicians to the ‘man in the street’, and it is a very astute analysis of 30 years of British politics. Today, very few people will remember the Suez Crisis but it was a very significant part of British post WW2 history.
Russell Braddon, an Australian writer, follows the shenanigans of the Suez crisis in front of and behind the scenes. It really was the end for British imperialism and the beginning of a different place for Britain in the world. It took from 1956 until 1973 to finally join the EEC. Today, we have turned our backs on the whole project.
Rightly or wrongly, Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal so much to the chagrin of HMG that they decided to bomb Egypt. It all ended in tears but strangely didn’t do any harm to the Tory Govt. who stayed in power until 1963. France was involved while the Americans were dead set against another military adventure. It did seem to be the death knell for the elite running the country, but here we are in 2020 and they are firmly back in control.
I was 16 years old in 1956 and it was the year I left home and went to sea. To be honest, I don’t recall Suez being spoken about by my parents or anyone else. The first realisation was on my first trip to Australia when we had to go via Cape Town rather than through the canal.
That aside, Braddon did a remarkable job interviewing all and sundry from politicians to the ‘man in the street’, and it is a very astute analysis of 30 years of British politics. Today, very few people will remember the Suez Crisis but it was a very significant part of British post WW2 history.
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