The 1956 Suez War and the New World Order in the Middle East: Exodus in Reverse

Author:   Yagil Henkin
Publisher:   Lexington Books
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9781498516723


Pages:   340
Publication Date:   11 April 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Yagil Henkin
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.508kg
ISBN:  

9781498516723


ISBN 10:   1498516726
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   11 April 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Who Was Who in the Middle East, 1954 Chapter 2: Wild Rhetoric and Real Estate: Escalation, 1954-1956 Chapter 3: French Steel, British Will: Planning the Suez War, July-October 1956 Chapter 4: A Collusion Course: An Unlikely Alliance, October 1956 Chapter 5: Flying Cutters and the Paratrooper Gambit: Opening Moves, October 28-30, 1956 Chapter 6: Success and Fiasco at Abu-Ageila: October 30-November 2, 1956 Chapter 7: Exodus in Reverse: Israel Takes Sinai, October 31-November 5, 1956 Chapter 8: The Peacekeeping Attack: October 31-November 5, 1956 Chapter 9: Hot and Cold Wars: The Allied Invasion and the Aftermath, November 5, 1956-March 6, 1957 Epilogue: The Legacy of Suez

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A real gem. The most recent, as well as much the best, history of the 1956 Suez Campaign ever written. -- Martin van Creveld, Hebrew University The story of the Suez War has been told many times, by the principals and by historians. But Yagil Henkin's account stands out. He has finally given the military moves their full due alongside the more famous diplomatic maneuvering. But this is not only military history. Henkin presents events from every possible vantage point-Israeli, British, French, Egyptian, and American-and he integrates this into a seamless narrative, distinguished by its easy readability. No serious shelf on the 1956 war, however full, can do without Yagil Henkin's indispensable work. -- Martin Kramer, President, Shalem College The author of this book has written a very readable and thorough narrative. . . . Henkin is at his best describing the military moves during the conflict, but he is at ease unraveling the tangled web of multilateral interests and actions. . . Ultimately, the author does a nice job of outlining the overall lack of Israeli readiness for war and demonstrates well how the Western powers brought Israel into the conflict. Henkin's book is a good regional military and diplomatic history that properly situates the conflict and helps dispel some long-held misconceptions about the Arab-Israeli crisis. * Historian * Despite the importance of the Suez conflict, no comprehensive military history study of this magnitude has ever been published. This book contributes a methodical military review, along with a thorough description of the battles, wrapped in a description of an additional extensive layer of the various diplomatic and political circles. The book describes the diplomatic thinking and the military execution of each of the participating parties - Egypt, Israel, France and Britain, and even the USSR and the USA. The book does not confine itself to a description of the war but delves into its results in the diplomatic layers as well as in the military strategic and even tactical layers. * Israel Book Review * A real gem. The most recent, as well as much the best, history of the 1956 Suez Campaign ever written. -- Martin van Creveld, Hebrew University The story of the Suez War has been told many times, by the principals and by historians. But Yagil Henkin's account stands out. He has finally given the military moves their full due alongside the more famous diplomatic maneuvering. But this is not only military history. Henkin presents events from every possible vantage point-Israeli, British, French, Egyptian, and American-and he integrates this into a seamless narrative, distinguished by its easy readability. No serious shelf on the 1956 war, however full, can do without Yagil Henkin's indispensable work. -- Martin Kramer, President, Shalem College


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Yagil Henkin is a military historian at the Israeli Army's Command and General Staff College.

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