title: The Crossing of the Suez, Revised Edition
author: General Saad el Shazly
description: The major contribution of the book, is the keen insight into the Egyptian political decision-making process... -- <i>Library Journal, December15,1980</i><br /><br />a victory,the most outstanding feat of Arab arms in modern times and the most audacious stoke by any army.. -- <i>The Economist, January 7, 1981</i><br /><br />critical insider's account of the planning and execution of the Egyptian army's momentous crossing of the Suez Canal -- <i>Armor, january-february 1982</i>
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  George Walker At Suez  
    
  
  
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  # George Walker At Suez
  
  
  ### Anthony Trollope
  
  
  
  
  
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  Of all the spots on the world's surface that I, George Walker, of
  
  
  Friday Street, London, have ever visited, Suez in Egypt, at the head
  
  
  of the Red Sea, is by far the vilest, the most unpleasant, and the
  
  
  least interesting. There are no women there, no water, and no
  
  
  vegetation. It is surrounded, and indeed often filled, by a world
  
  
  of sand. A scorching sun is always overhead; and one is domiciled
  
  
  in a huge cavernous hotel, which seems to have been made purposely
  
  
  destitute of all the comforts of civilised life. Nevertheless, in
  
  
  looking back upon the week of my life which I spent there I always
  
  
  enjoy a 