Eden, Suez and the Mass Media: Propaganda and Persuasion During the Suez Crisis

by Tony Shaw

For Britain, the Suez crisis of 1956 was - along with the 1938 Munich crisis - the most divisive and controversial episode of the twentieth century. Centred on a narrow man-made canal linking the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, the Suez crisis caused fighting on London's streets, split families and friendships and destroyed a prime minister. It tested the government's propaganda skills to the full and pushed the mass media's independence to breaking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848850913
• ISBN13: 9781848850910
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"