Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal

Parting the Desert is the first book to be published in English on the fascinating story of the building of the Suez Canal since Lord Kinross's detailed study in 1969 (not to mention the McCullough's Path between the seas (1977) and Wilson's The Suez Canal (1977). Karabell's book is a synthesis of the long battle to build the canal. Includes and index, bibliography (mostly anglophone) and short selection of illustrations. For a detailed vision of this extraordinary affair, visit our Special Dossier, The Suez Isthmus or The joining of two seas.
 
Zachary Karabell is the author of several books, including The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election (2000), and his essays and reviews have appeared in publications such as the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Foreign Policy, and Newsweek.