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Parting the desert the creation of the Suez Canal

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Main Author:	Karabell, Zachary
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : A.A. Knopf, 2003.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Lesseps, Ferdinand de, > 1805-1894. Canals > Egypt > Suez > Design and construction. Suez Canal (Egypt) > History.
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Physical Description:	310 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-300) and index.
ISBN:	0375408835
Author Notes:	Zachary Karabell was educated at Columbia, Oxford, where he received a degree in Modern Middle Eastern Studies, and Harvard, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1996. He has taught at Harvard, the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and Dartmouth. He is the author of several books, including The Last Campaign : How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election , which won the Chicago Tribune Heartland prize. His essays and reviews have appeared in various publications, such as the New York Times , the Los Angeles Times , Foreign Policy , and Newsweek . He lives in New York City.