In the fall of 1956, the world was on the brink of war. Egyptian President Gamel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, and Britain, France, and Israel attacked him. Russia supported Nasser, and Soviet Premier Khrushchev threatened nuclear holocaust if the United States became militarily involved. Soon, the matter became a major problem for the United Nations.
Fortunately, because of the efforts of Lester Pearson, then Canada’s Minister of External Affairs, the crisis was defused. Pearson proposed a U.N. peacekeeping force be sent to Egypt to separate the warring factions there and keep the peace. Because his idea was adopted, Pearson helped save the world from war. For his outstanding statesmanship, Pearson won the Nobel Prize for Peace, the only Canadian ever to do so. This book, written to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the event, is about the Suez and about Pearson’s work during a tension-filled time in the twentieth century.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-199)
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 962.05/3092
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- f-ua---
- ISBN
- 1550026119 9781550029321
- LCCN
- F1034.3.P4
- LCCN Item number
- M45 2006eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (207 p., [12] p. of plates)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00601449 (OCoLC)244770220 (CaOOCEL)410759
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- EARSONS RIZE 1
- Canada and the Suez Crisis 1
- EARSONS RIZE 1
- EARSON S RIZE EARSON S RIZE 1
- To Save the World 14
- A Ditch in the Desert 24
- The Cause of a Crisis 32
- A Question of Reaction 42
- Hitler on the Nile 52
- The Problem of Egypt 60
- Anglo-French Decisions 68
- A Case of Collusion 76
- Fighter Jets and War 82
- The Sinai Campaign 92
- Bombing in Cairo 112
- The Canadian Reaction 120
- Paratroops at Port Said 128
- Pearsons Promise 136
- Protest and Problems 144
- History at the United Nations 152
- Ashore in Egypt 162
- The End of the War 170
- The Wrong Regiment 178
- Canadians Arrive in Egypt 186
- The Fall of Anthony Eden 194
- Peacekeeping in Egypt 200
- EARSONS RIZE 222
- Canada and the Suez Crisis 222
- EARSONS RIZE 222
- EARSON S RIZE EARSON S RIZE 222
