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Suez 1956: The Inside Story of the First Oil War (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (14 Jun 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340837691
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340837696
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 205,699 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Barry Turner's lucid anlaysis ... offers a fresh, concise, well-argued account, at ease with the complexity of events. He excels at unravelling the duplicitous threads of diplomacy.' -- The Sunday Times 'Detailed and timely ... [a] valuable account of political chicanery' -- Scotland on Sunday 'An exhaustive but excellent account of the intervention...This is narrative history at its sharpest, offering insight and, perhaps, lessons to be learnt.' -- Metro 'A wonderfully clear guide to the events and their causes ... knows how to tell a complex story.' -- The Times 'Turner makes a rattling yarn of it all, taking us through the interminable build-up and the actual fiasco with verve and wit.' -- Guardian 'Barry Turner has written an excellent straightforward narrative of events. Familiar as the story is, Turner tells it grippingly.' -- Spectator --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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'Barry Turner's lucid anlaysis . . . offers a fresh, concise, well-argued account, at ease with the complexity of events. He excels at unravelling the duplicitous threads of diplomacy.' (The Sunday Times )

'Detailed and timely . . . [a] valuable account of political chicanery'

(Scotland on Sunday )

'An exhaustive but excellent account of the intervention....This is narrative history at its sharpest, offering insight and, perhaps, lessons to be learnt.'

(Metro )

'Highly professional and very well written'

(Times Literary Supplement )

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5.0 out of 5 stars Suez: the untold story, 11 Aug 2006
By Ian Hughes "ihu6297959" (Bridgend,U.K.) - See all my reviews
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This book is rightly described as the first oil war. The auther has done well to write a gripping tale backed up with authoritive facts.He describes the backcloth of clumsy British policy in the Middle East and Egypt in particular,the racism and paternalism that bred a hatred for what were occupiers,similar to Iraq and Afghanistan today.MR.Turner indicates quite rightly that the British public if given the oppurtunity would much prefer higher living standards,better public services,than fritting away our wealth on massive amounts on arms ,an aggressive foreign policy and prancing about on the world stage telling other countries what to do or impressing the Americans,similarly what a Blair regime does today.Democracy is o.k. until the people request it.MR. Turner describes the events following the completion of the Suez canaland links British policy to domination of the Middle East and control of oil supply in hindsite we can see there was nothing to worry about ,however the mindset of the British political Establishment were concerned at carrying on Britains Imperialist traditionin a Post War settlement, much as today Blair is trying so hard to maintain Britain as a World power at a terrible cost.As MR.Turner so eloquently descibes all came crashing down with Suez,as Blair will one day find out .The book is a must read besides its historical importance but also for its understanding of todays happenings in the region.
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