Eisenhower 1956: The President's Year of Crisis--Suez and the Brink of War

by David A. Nichols

Book Overview

A gripping tale of international intrigue and betray-al, Eisenhower 1956 is the white-knuckle story of how President Dwight D. Eisenhower guided the United States through the Suez Canal crisis of 1956. The crisis climaxed in a tumultuous nine-day period fraught with peril just prior to the 1956 presidential election, with Great Britain, France, and Israel invading Egypt while the Soviet Union ruthlessly crushed rebellion in Hungary. David A. Nichols,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439139334
• ISBN13: 9781439139332
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"