Britain immediately made the drawing of $561 million to replenish its reserves and announced that it had another $739 million available on stand-by. The most obvious consequence of the IMF's ...

Lester B. Pearson was the Canadian Minister of External Affairs when he won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in resolving the Suez Canal Crisis. Pictured here, Pearson displaying the Nobel ...

In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France into direct conflict with President Nasser of Egypt, a proud Arab nationalist determined to stand up to foreign ...

Abstract: Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956 and the failed attempt by France, Israel, and the United Kingdom to retake it by force constituted a serious political crisis with ...

In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France into direct conflict with President Nasser of Egypt, a proud Arab nationalist determined to stand up to foreign ...

of some of the underlying causes of the current Egyptian crisis is cogent ... to fears surrounding the continued operations of the Suez Canal, amidst social unrest caused by massive riots against ...