After Suez: Adrift in the American Century.(Brief article)(Book review)

Contemporary Review | September 22, 2007 | Copyright

After Suez: Adrift in the American Century. Martin Woollacott. I.B. Tauris. [pounds sterling]16.99. ix + 166 pages. ISBN 978-1-84511-176-2. Mr Woollacott, a journalist for the Guardian, sets out 'to sketch how we got from Suez in 1956 to Iraq in 2003 and to look at themes which may connect the two events'. His first two chapters deal with Suez and the effect of the Anglo-French action on France, the UK and the Middle East. He then turns to look at what he regards as the correct role for outside powers in the Middle East. In Chapter IV he discusses the effect military ...

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