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Origins of the Suez crisis : postwar development diplomacy and the struggle over Third World industrialization, 1945-1956 / Guy Laron.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: xv, 260 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781421410111
  • 1421410117
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Contents:
Introduction: from the BRICs to Suez -- Why do they hate us? : the British, the Effendia, and the collapse of a once-reliable colonial machine, 1945-1952 -- Nasser as the wave of the future : the inevitable alliance between American internationalists and Egyptian officers, 1952-1954 -- Soviet trade offensive, Afro-Asian divisions, and internationalist woes : from Stalin's death to the Bandung Conference, 1953-1955 -- The mirror strategy in action : the use and abuse of the Soviet economic offensive in the Third World during 1955 -- Killing the Aswan Dam : from Nasser's populist turn to Dulles's brilliant chess move, September 1955-July 1956 -- The rise and demise of the third bloc movement during the Suez crisis, July-November 1956 -- Conclusion : the economic cold war in the Middle East -- Postscript : from Suez to the BRICs.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: from the BRICs to Suez -- Why do they hate us? : the British, the Effendia, and the collapse of a once-reliable colonial machine, 1945-1952 -- Nasser as the wave of the future : the inevitable alliance between American internationalists and Egyptian officers, 1952-1954 -- Soviet trade offensive, Afro-Asian divisions, and internationalist woes : from Stalin's death to the Bandung Conference, 1953-1955 -- The mirror strategy in action : the use and abuse of the Soviet economic offensive in the Third World during 1955 -- Killing the Aswan Dam : from Nasser's populist turn to Dulles's brilliant chess move, September 1955-July 1956 -- The rise and demise of the third bloc movement during the Suez crisis, July-November 1956 -- Conclusion : the economic cold war in the Middle East -- Postscript : from Suez to the BRICs.

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