{"product_id":"blood-and-sand-suez-hungary-and-the-crisis-that-shook-the-world","title":"Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary and the Crisis That Shook the World","description":"Over sixteen extraordinary days in October and November 1956, the twin crises of Suez and Hungary pushed the world to the brink of a nuclear conflict and what many at the time were calling World War III. Blood \u0026amp; Sand is a revelatory new history of these dramatic events, for the first time setting both crises in the context of the global Cold War, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the treacherous power politics of imperialism and oil.\n\nBlood \u0026amp; Sand tells this story hour by hour through a fascinating international cast of characters including Gamal Abdel Nasser, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Anthony Eden, Christian Pineau, Nikita Khrushchev, Imre Nagy and David Ben-Gurion. It is a tale of conspiracy and revolutions; spies and terrorists; kidnappings and assassination plots; the fall of the British Empire and rise of American hegemony. Blood \u0026amp; Sand is essential to our understanding of the modern Middle East and resonates strikingly with the problems of oil control, religious fundamentalism and international unity that face the world today.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1847394604\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1847394604.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Alex von Tunzelmann\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43366662635581,"sku":"BVV.1847394604.VG","price":8.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1847394604-0.jpg?v=1784416077","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/blood-and-sand-suez-hungary-and-the-crisis-that-shook-the-world","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}