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Article: Eisenhower and the Suez Crisis of 1956.
- Article from:
- Presidential Studies Quarterly
- Article date:
- January 1, 1998
- Author:
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COLE C. KINGSEED, Eisenhower and the Suez Crisis of 1956 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995), 166 pp. including bibliography and index. $22.50 hardcover (ISBN 0-8071-1987-2).
This thought-provoking book gives the reader a close-up view of President Dwight D. Eisenhower as crisis manager. The author, Cole C. Kingseed, explains the Suez crisis of 1956 by focusing on the role played by Eisenhower. You find out what actions the president took to achieve the results he wanted.
The book opens with an interesting chapter dealing with how the White House was organized during the Eisenhower administration. We learn, for example, why there was a ...