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The Creation of the Suez Canal
出版Morrow, 1968
主題History / Middle East / Egypt
ISBN071951813X9780719518133
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=KkolAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"This book marks the centenary of the Suez Canal. The creation of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the gigantic undertaking was a product of individual enterprise, achieved without international support and in defiance of strong opposition from Britain, weighing fears of a French predominance in Egypt against the obvious advantages of a shorter British route to India. Lord Kinross tells the story of the resulting political conflict, largely between Lord Palmerston on the one hand and de Lesseps himself on the other, which failed to prevent the Canal's construction, but delayed its completion by more than a decade..."--Book jacket.