International Monetary Fund2 年
Was Suez in 1956 the First Financial Crisis of the Twenty-First Century?
The IMF's lending to the four countries directly involved in the 1956 Suez crisis, and particularly to the United Kingdom ... sell off its dollar reserves to maintain the $2.80 exchange rate and the ...
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 ...
The 1956 Suez Crisis: Israel's geopolitical turning point
One such moment was the Suez Crisis of 1956. The crisis was a pivotal moment in post-World War II geopolitics, marking a ...
来自MSN17 天
The Brink of War Suez Crisis (1/2)
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 ...