Suez Deconstructed
An Interactive Study in Crisis, War, and Peacemaking
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" In the summer of 1956, after a year of crisis and near war in the Middle East, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, the vital waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. Theensuing crisis, war, and peacemaking riveted the attention of an anxious world. The results seemed to threaten a possible world war, rocked the Middle East, shook alliances, and changed the course of history. For those who want to learn more about the inner workings of statecraft, the Suez crisis can offer a master class. Six governments played principal parts, each driving the ...
" In the summer of 1956, after a year of crisis and near war in the Middle East, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, the vital waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. Theensuing crisis, war, and peacemaking riveted the attention of an anxious world. The results seemed to threaten a possible world war, rocked the Middle East, shook alliances, and changed the course of history. For those who want to learn more about the inner workings of statecraft, the Suez crisis can offer a master class. Six governments played principal parts, each driving the action at one moment or another. Each saw a different problem. Each had its own estimates of the situation and each other. Each scoped out its planned maneuvers using every kind of power. Suez Deconstructed uses an unprecedented approach. A coordinated team of scholars breaks the crisis down into three distinct phases. In each phase the reader steps from capital to capital, seeing the situation as the leaders saw it. After each part, a set of observations helps the reader reflect on the choices and the way they interact. 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 gain rare insight into how well each country actually understood the others, and how the leaders defined and redefined their problems, improvised possible diplomatic and military solutions, and tried to change the course of history. "
