{"product_id":"blood-and-sand-suez-hungary-and-eisenhowers-campaign-for-peace-isbn-9780062249241","title":"Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower's Campaign for Peace","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lively, revelatory popular history that tells the story of both 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year 1956 was a turning point in history. Over sixteen extraordinary days in October and November of that year, the twin crises involving Suez and Hungary pushed the world to the brink of a nuclear conflict and what many at the time were calling World War III. \u003cem\u003eBlood and Sand\u003c\/em\u003e delivers this story in an hour-by-hour account through a fascinating international cast of characters: Anthony Eden, the British prime minister, caught in a trap of his own making; Gamal Abdel Nasser, the bold young populist leader of Egypt; David Ben-Gurion, the aging Zionist hero of Israel; Guy Mollet, the bellicose French prime minister; and Dwight D. Eisenhower, the American president, torn between an old world order and a new one in the very same week that his own fate as president was to be decided by the American people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a revelatory history of these dramatic events and people, for the first time setting both crises in the context of the global Cold War, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the treacherous power politics of imperialism and oil. \u003cem\u003eBlood and Sand\u003c\/em\u003e resonates strikingly with the problems of oil control, religious fundamentalism, and international unity that face the world today, and is essential reading for anyone concerned with the state of the modern Middle East and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood and Sand\u003c\/em\u003e includes 25-30 black-and-white photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eA 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 rise of American hegemony under the heroic leadership of President Dwight D. Eisenhower—which shaped the Middle East and Europe we know today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year 1956 was a turning point in history. Over sixteen extraordinary days in October and November, the twin crises of Suez and Hungary pushed the world to the brink of a nuclear conflict and what many at the time were calling World War III. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood and Sand\u003c\/em\u003e relates this story hour-by-hour, through an international cast of characters: Anthony Eden, the British prime minister, caught in a trap of his own making; Gamal Abdel Nasser, the bold young populist leader of Egypt; David Ben-Gurion, the strong-willed founding prime minister of Israel; Guy Mollet, the bellicose French prime minister; and Dwight D. Eisenhower, the American president, torn between an old world order and a new one in the very same week that his own fate as president was to be decided by the American people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a fresh new account of these dramatic events and people, one that for the first time sets both crises in the context of the global Cold War, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the treacherous power politics of imperialism and oil. \u003cem\u003eBlood and Sand\u003c\/em\u003e resonates strikingly with the problems of oil control, religious fundamentalism, and international unity that face the world today, and is essential reading for anyone concerned with the state of the modern Middle East and Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A thoroughly well-researched, action-packed, and highly readable account of the two major international crises that shook the world in 1956, \u003ci\u003eBlood and Sand\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating tale of plots and conspiracies, of deception and double-dealing, of bullying and blundering.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAvi Shlaim, author of The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Von Tunzelmann deftly describes and links these twin struggles and offers excellent profiles of the key players, including Nasser and Eisenhower, shown here as the true ‘hero’ for his wisdom and restraint. This is an outstanding reexamination of these sad, history-altering events.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist, starred review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Anchored with fresh documentary evidence, \u003ci\u003eBlood and Sand\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting re-evaluation of the Cold War crises of 1956: Suez and Hungary. Alex von Tunzelmann has written a definitive history of these crucial events — a real page-turner and monument to first-rate scholarship.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas Brinkley, Professor of History at Rice University and author of Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The effect is a cinematic, you-are-there style of history-writing, which plunges the reader into the chaos of events.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdam Kirsch, Tablet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book offers a shrewd, exciting history of the Suez crisis of 1956, and makes a clear case for its relevance today.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gripping....Von Tunzelmann, an Oxford educated historian with an eye for human detail as well as a sure-handed grasp of the larger picture, does a marvelous job of recreating the tension and bungling that swept up up Cairo, London, Moscow, Budapest, Paris and Washington during the harrowing two weeks of Oct. 22 to Nov. 26, 1956.... Not only exciting and satisfying but also timely.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvan Thomas, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Skillfully and artfully integrates the complex, simultaneous Suez and Hungarian crises of 1956 into a single story of Cold War conflict as no one has before.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Gripping.... A timely and insightful must-read for anyone who cares about Middle Eastern history or 20th-century diplomacy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Von Tunzelmann’s narrative cracks along like an international political thriller as she tracks the action day by day, sometimes hour by hour. A fine new account of an unnecessary crisis.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This thrilling ticktock brings the emotional core of geopolitical maneuvering into dramatic focus, with portraits of leaders variously honorable, pigheaded, irresolute, pusillanimous, and susceptible to mood swings.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888713167077,"sku":"NP9780062249241","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062249241.jpg?v=1730229680","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/blood-and-sand-suez-hungary-and-eisenhowers-campaign-for-peace-isbn-9780062249241","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}