The National Interest

How the 1956 Suez Crisis Changed the World—and Nearly Ended It

Here’s What You Need To Remember: For old-fashioned nineteenth-century imperialism, Suez was the last gasp. The war began with an imperialist invasion to seize the Suez Canal. It ended with the Soviet ...
The National Interest

The 1956 Suez Crisis Heralded the End of the British Empire

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Leaders such as Saddam Hussein and Muammar el-Qaddafi have left a bad taste in the mouth when it comes to Arab strongmen. And yet in this case, it’s hard not to ...
American Enterprise Institute

Suez’s Lesson

Fifty years ago this past week, on July 26, 1956, the Egyptian dictator Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal. Nasser’s act would lead to an international crisis, a regional war and ...
PBS

The Suez Crisis – 1956

In July 1956, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, prompting a response from Israel, Great Britain and France. Britain and France had assembled impressive invasion fleets ...
National Security Journal on MSN

A nuclear World War III almost broke out between Britain, France, Israel, and Russia

In 1956, Britain, France, and Israel struck Egypt after Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, seeking to preserve Western ...