The U.S. government wanted the British and French troops out of Egypt, and the United Kingdom's need for financial assistance ... The most obvious consequence of the IMF's involvement in the Suez ...

In 1956, a brilliant diplomat named Lester B. Pearson led Canada into middle power respectability when he pulled the world back from the brink of war in the Middle East. In 1956, the first large ...

In late-July 1956, three months before the Suez Crisis, British Prime Minister ... greenlighting the invasion of Egypt by British, French, and Israeli troops. The humiliating collapse of the ...

That war, known as the Suez Crisis, is widely considered the beginning of the end of the British Empire. Egypt became the most powerful Arab country for the next 20 years as British troops packed ...

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 ...

The story of the Suez Crisis how Britian invaded Egypt 50 years ago making President Nasser a national hero and British prime Minister Anthony Eden a national disgrace ...

At the end of October 1956 the British, French and Israelis invaded Egypt and took control of the Suez Canal ... particularly involving ex-soldiers who were unhappy about their situation after ...

In 1956, an international crisis over control of the Suez Canal put Britain and France ... Marianne Faithfull, British singer and Rolling Stones muse, dies at 78 Love in a Glass: 20 Romantic ...

Israeli troops invaded Egypt and came within ten miles of the Suez Canal. This was the pretext for the British and French to intervene. It prompted an international crisis. America condemned the ...