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The Suez Canal’s history has been forged over a century by multiple entities and people. Its past has been marked by colossal stumbling blocks.
British prime minister, Anthony Eden, and US president, Dwight Eisenhower, after a conference at the White House in 1956.
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60 years ago, Britain and the US believed they were on the same page when it came to Suez. How wrong they were.
Anthony Eden at the BBC before delivering a message to the nation.
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British prime minister Anthony Eden justified attacking Egypt as necessary to restrain the country’s ‘dangerous’ leader. We still hear similar things before every Western intervention.
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It was 1956 – and for Britain, things would never be the same again.
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There are striking parallels between Eden’s handling of Suez and Blair’s march into the Iraq War.
Suez Crisis: breaking point for Anthony Eden’s premiership.
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Cameron has followed in Eden’s footsteps, but in the 1950s the leadership race was a different ballgame.