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 ...

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 the midst of a whirl of activity, it is easy to forget history. Nearly forty years before ... not by themselves have constituted an international crisis. For the United Kingdom, however, Suez was ...

with emphasis on the 1956 Suez crisis and the 1954 Indochina affair. Totally lacking is the Churchillian sweep-of-history approach. The writing is pedestrian, often dull, and the explanations on ...

The social and racial divide along the Panama Canal zone in its American heyday was stark: a silver and gold, segregated system of pay – and life.

So Israel withdrew, but for them the Suez Crisis was a military triumph ... The series follows the history of the conflict through the mid-late 20th century, focussing on major incidents, pressure ...

The new stretch of the Suez Canal near Egypt's Little Bitter Lake will be operational in the first quarter of this year, the ...

Was the Suez Crisis the final blow to Britain's self-image ... Can a truly multi-racial society ever be achieved in modern Britain, or does history prevent it? By Diane Abbott.

Suez Canal blockage resulted in a loss of nearly $89 million for the shipping company Maersk Line. This is revealed in a new ...

The history of international relations from the First World War ... the outbreak and escalation of the Korean War; the Suez Crisis; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the US and Vietnam, 1961-65; the ...