The Suez Canal in Peace and War

Schonfield, H.J.: 1969 UK, hardcover no dustjacket, with photo's and index. The Suez Canal in Peace and War, 1869–1969 by Hugh J. Schonfield traces the canal’s history from ancient precursor projects through its nineteenth-century construction, emphasizing how an ideal of a neutral waterway gradually became entangled in imperial rivalry and great-power politics. In its later chapters, the book focuses on the Second World War, the 1956 Suez Crisis, and the Six-Day War, showing how military conflict and the Arab–Israeli struggle repeatedly turned this strategic route into a flashpoint of global tension. In good condition