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Von Tunzelmann, Alex, 1977- author.
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Cold War.
Sinai Campaign, 1956.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961.
Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956.
Egypt -- History -- Intervention, 1956.
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Blood and sand : Sue...
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Blood and sand : Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower's campaign for peace / Alex Von Tunzelmann.
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Von Tunzelmann, Alex, 1977- author.
New York, NY : Harper, c2016.
Subjects
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Cold War.
Sinai Campaign, 1956.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961.
Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956.
Egypt -- History -- Intervention, 1956.
ISBN:
9780062249241 (hardcover) :
Description:
xvi, 534 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
"I want him murdered" -- "We must keep the Americans really frightened" -- The hammer and sickle torn out -- A plan on a cigarette packet -- Bloody Thursday -- The two musketeers -- The Omega Plan -- No picnic -- "Sandstorms in the desert" -- Ultimatum -- Perfidious Albion -- "There is something the matter with him" -- "Love to Nasty" -- "Help the burglar, shoot the householder" -- Reaping the whirlwind -- "Hit 'em with everything in the bucket" -- Back down -- "The curse of the pharaohs" -- Fates.
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"A revelatory popular history that tells the story of the Suez Crisis and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956--a tale of conspiracy and revolutions, spies and terrorists, kidnappings and assassination plots, the fall of the British Empire and the rise of American hegemony under the heroic leadership of President Dwight D. Eisenhower--which shaped the Middle East and Europe we know today"--From dust jacket.
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Hawaii State Library
Language, Literature & History
973.92109 Vo
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Kailua-Kona Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
973.92109 Vo
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04/02/2024
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McCully-Moiliili Public Library
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973.92109 Vo
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