The Suez crisis, the British-French-Israeli attack on Egypt in 1956, was an important moment in Britain's history. This collection of fourteen essays studies the roles played by the politicians' chief advisers. The essays are based on new research in Britain's archives, although key files, like MI6's and the Joint Intelligence Committee's, and those on the Government's War Book, are still closed. And Eden ordered the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Norman Brook, to destroy all the evidence of the collusion between Britain, France and Israel.

This is a very important book. The contributors add a great deal to our knowledge of this deplorable episode. Particularly outstanding is Lewis Johnman's essay on the role of Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice, the Foreign Office's Senior Legal Advisor.

Sir Pierson Dixon, the UK Permanent Representative at the UN, warned Eden, "it is quite out of the question to extract from the Security Council a good vote on a resolution designed to justify subsequent use of force, particularly force exerted by two nations without further reference to the United Nations."

Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice agreed, "It is very difficult to get into the heads of people in this country that the Security Council is not an institution for settling disputes, or even for doing justice between nations, but an institution for preventing or stopping wars ... The argument that by going to the Security Council we have done everything possible and that the Security Council having proved itself impotent, we are now justified in going ahead on our own, may well appeal to public opinion in this country, but the argument is based on a misconception of the real functions of the Security Council."

Fitzmaurice also noted, "under the Charter any preventative war initiated by a government on its own responsibility is aggression." Lord McNair, ex-President of the International Court, concurred, telling the government, "our intervention is illegal."

In 1953, Eden had written a Cabinet memorandum that said, "In the second half of the twentieth century we cannot hope to maintain our position in the Middle East by the methods of the last century. ... Our strategic purposes in the Middle East can no longer be served by arrangements which local nationalism will regard as military occupation by foreign troops." After the attack, as the British Ambassador to Egypt accurately predicted, "The British and French could not continue their occupation indefinitely. They would have to leave again."

The government said that no attacks would be made on areas where civilian casualties were inevitable, then ordered the bombing of Cairo and Heliopolis. The British government's illegal use of force at Suez led to the 1958 Iraqi revolution against the pro-British government, destroyed any prospects of peaceful relations with the Arab world and wrecked Britain's reputation across the world.

This book really brought Jesus into perspective for me...if you want to learn about His deity, His humanity, and His very special Uniqueness, this is the book to read. It will change your life.

This book challenges you to consider the priorities of your life. To value love, family and character more than achievement, wealth and status. To take more risks rather than the easy path. It was one of the foundations in my family's decision to uproot from a secure job in England and relocate to an unknown job in America. I have given away more copies than I care to remember; always to great effect. Enjoy it and learn from it. It might change the way you think about your life

Will James, in two dozen self-illustrated books and scores of articles, created one of the most popular and probably last cowboy legends of the American West. James was
an expert at taking fact and fantasy, legend and lore, and combining them to create a cowboy story people could lose themselves in.

Sadly though, James's success in creating a happy, literary fantasy for children and adults couldn't extend to himself. A victim of the very articles, books, and drawings that
made him famous, James's immense pop ularity threatened to topple the greatest James story of all-the story of his life.

Author Anthony Amaral, a great admirer of James and the cowboy way of life, takes a literary journey to explain the great rise and even greater fall of Joseph-Ernest
Dufault-the man who created and lived the life of Will James

Willy the Champ is a book that allows a parent, teacher or clergyman to explain posititive character traits. This story with its simplistic words and magnificent illustrations chronicals the efforts of a chimpanzee viewed as not apt at doing much of anything to fit in amongst his peers. Willy's character traits include compassion, perserverance, patience, courage, self-discipline/responsibility and self-esteem. This book will reinforce a positive value system that all children can and will identify with.

Not only does this book tell you everything you need to know about networking with Windows 2000 (and networking in general) but it also keeps the NT details at the forefront. This book doesn't abandon NT for Windows 2000, rather it realizes that there will be mixed environments out there and it brings the good, important networking information for both platforms to you. A must have for any network admins or anyone who wants to know about Microsoft networking.

Intentionally written by dint of every kind of animal's characteristics, these six short stories, happening in the farm, may widely promote children's animal recognition. For example, in "Piggy Little's Hide & Seek", how many piglets does a mother pig give birth to? Are there enough nipples for each newly-born piglet? The stories are shallow in appearance, but imply a constructive philosophy of life. Like in "Webster's Walk", even if it is exciting and appealing in the outward world, home is still the warmest and safest place. Also the realistic and brilliant illustrations help make an observation on animals' modes of living and stretch children's vision. Both lovely animals and fresh materials awaken their imagination and help them take interest in reading. Here are also some questions to broaden little children's knowledge. Why do pigs like to roll about on the ground? What do goats like to eat? Why don't goats have upper front teeth? Why can ducks swim? Why do ducks swagger along when walking? Why do newly-born kittens wear mustache? Do the tails of cats have specific functions? Why don't cats get hurt when jumpping from a high place? Why are some animals hatched but some aren't? Why don't chickens suffocate in the eggs? Why do chickens sometimes eat sands or tiny ground stones? Why do goats masticate all the time even without any food in their mouths? Do people cut wool for making sheep feel cooler? If you need any of these answers, e-mail me.

I first read this book when it was originally published under a different title. I found it to be very accurate in terms of the Vietnam experience I had myself. I liked the author's characters and found them to be ones I could identify with. The story does not stop with Vietnam but also continues to address the problems of adjustment that many veterans had after returning from a war nobody wanted to talk about. I found it to be well written and an enjoyable read. I'd recommend it to anyone who would like to know what it was like to be a Marine in the I Corps area in the late 60's. It is also of personal interest to me that I believe I trained with the author in California before going to Vietnam, even though we ended up in different units after we were in country. But no matter what- I give it 5 stars!

Probably the best commentary I have read on Wittgenstein. Strong focus on the later Wittgenstein of the Philosophical Investigations. This book is not easy reading. Wittgenstein can be tough going and this book will not chew your food for you. Kenny can at times be almost as difficult as his subject, however this book will reward your efforts and expand your understandings.

This is one of the best books that I have ever seen written on this subject. It was this book that got me really hooked on the possibilities that exist within the woodwind section. I particularly enjoy some of the time spent on the more obscure members (e.g. sarrusophone). The only thing that one may say it lacks is a more comprehensive section on the saxophone which is grouped as an exotic form of the clarinet. All in all this is a great book and a must have for all musicians.