For those curious, the list of books that cover the geopolitics of the Suez Canal (way before the current one) is extensive and include: Blood and Sand: Suez,

For those curious, the list of books that cover the geopolitics of the Suez Canal (way before the current one) is extensive and include: Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower's Campaign for Peace The Suez Crisis: The History of the Suez Canal’s Nationalization by Egypt and the War that Followed 1948: The First Arab-Israeli War