The Suez Crisis: Britain's Shattered Empire (Part 2)
popular historian and author of Rubicon, Persian Fire and Dominion
Selection · Edition 2026-10-30
Holland and Sandbrook wrap up Suez — the Franco-Israeli collusion, the Anglo-French intervention, Nasser's response, and the American pressure that ended it. They're better on the political collapse than the operational detail of the landings, but the strategic consequences are properly handled.
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