Suez 1956: The Crisis and Its Consequences

by William Roger Louis (Editor), Roger Owen (Editor)

This is an analysis, based on newly available evidence, of the Suez crisis of 1956, its origins, and its consequences. The contributors are all leading authorities, and some, like Mordechai Bar-On, Robert Bowie and Adam Watson, were active participants in the events of the time.

Genres: History

446 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1989

About the author

William Roger Louis CBE FBA, also known as Wm. Roger Louis, or Roger Louis, informally, is an American historian, currently distinguished historian at the University of Texas at Austin. Louis is the Editor-in-Chief of The Oxford History of the British Empire, the former President of the American Historical Association, the former Chairman of the Department of State Historical Advisory Committee, and the Founding Director of the American Historical Association's National History Center in Washington, D.C.

Reviews

[Jacob Marr · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book gave me an intricate perspective on the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956. Detailed sections on the responses of many nations from Australia to Canada gave this book a unique discussion of the crisis.

[lannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

helped my epq!