Dulles over suez: the theory and practice of his diplomacy

This is the intimate story of the Suez crisis, one of the most dangerous moments in modern history, when the world stood poised at the brink of World War III.
Step by step, one of the most distinguished political scientists of our time brings to life the incredible drama that unfolded in London, Washington, Paris, Moscow, Israel, and Egypt. He takes the reader behind the scenes in the State Department and the White House - day by day and minute by minute - to view the anxieties of decision-making. He reveals the secret diplomacy that turned the toughest of world leaders into desperate personalities, each determined to dominate the explosive issues. And he relates, in dramatic narrative and vivid detail, the torrent of events that turned allies. into enemies and made friends of sworn foes.
Here also is a towering portrait of John Foster Dulles as man and diplomatist. A man of unquestioned brilliance who viewed himself as the chosen emissary of a noble crusade, Dulles's character and personality had a decisive effect on the world forces in conflict. The consequences of his "brinkmanship" still haunt us today, for Suez was a momentous turning point, a major blow to America's prestige and influence.
In this climate of duplicity, intrigue, and suspicion, British bitterness and French dis trust of American reliability were born; Krush chev began to suspect that America would not hold fast at the brink; and small but arrogant dictators learned to pretend non-alignment while plotting international blackmail.

The action moves swiftly forward from the moment Dulles refuses the loan for the Aswan Dam, and Nasser seizes the Suez Canal in revenge. It leads through the diplomatic intrigues, the scenes at the United Nations, the Israeli, French, and British invasions, and ultimately to the drastic sanctions imposed by the United States on its own allies. The story is one of strategy and tactics at the highest levels of government, and of the confrontation of power by power - East and West, Afro Asians and Communists and democracies - in a wild storm of world opinion, nationalistic emotions, and fear.