Epic History on MSN11 天
The Brink of War—The 1956 Suez Crisis
In 1956, tensions over the Suez Canal pushed global powers to the brink of war. How did this crisis unfold, and what were its ...
International Monetary Fund3 年
Was Suez in 1956 the First Financial Crisis of the Twenty-First Century?
For the United Kingdom, however, Suez was also a financial crisis. Throughout 1956 and 1957, the United Kingdom had a current account surplus ... its dollar reserves to maintain the $2.80 exchange ...
International Monetary Fund9 年
Northwest of Suez: The 1956 Crisis and the IMF
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 ...
CBC.ca6 年
Suez Canal Crisis
In the post-war world, Egypt was growing closer to the Moscow and accepting Soviet arms. In the summer of 1956, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser seized control of the Suez Canal, a critical ...
BBC27 天
KS3 / KS4 / GCSE History: Suez and the arrival of the Cold War in the Middle East
That power vacuum was filled by the Cold War rivals: America and the USSR. It wasn't until 1956 that it became clear, with the outcome of the Suez war, that they had supplanted the British and the ...