The Suez Crisis of 1956 - 3078 or the Suez crisis. Whatever the name of the operation, its consequences for internal relations in the Middle East and with the world are impossible to ignore. Viewed simply as an objective event in history, several key outcomes of the war can be noted. This marked the beginning of the end of British and French colonial leadership in the region and the beginning of increasingly significant American and Soviet involvement. The war also proved to the Arab nations of the region that the Israeli military machine should not be taken lightly, a lesson that would be forgotten and relearned during the "Six Day War" of 1967. The positive impact that the The United Nations would have ended the conflict, thanks to Canada's idea of creating a United Nations peacekeeping force to help enforce the ceasefire, was another important outcome. This article, however, will not aim to examine these specific events in relation to the war, nor will it attempt to determine which factors were most important. My goal will be to gain a more complete understanding of the effects of the crisis by examining key events of the war from two different perspectives: the Israeli and Arab perspectives, as well as the experiences of the European powers. Through a brief comparison of different authors' coverage of the war and the different interpretations observed throughout my study, I will be able to make an informed assessment of how the event was and is today perceived in the political and historical forum. The war, which began on October 29, 1956 when the Israelis moved their units to the Sinai Peninsula, has its origins in numerous historical events. Which is the most important of these is a point of contention for the authors I have studied. There appears to be a consensus among all parties concerned that the rise to power of Gamal Abdel Nasser as President of Egypt in 1956 and his decision to nationalize the Suez Canal constituted the main precipitating factor in the outbreak of the conflict. However, why Nasser did this is where my various sources diverge. Quite predictably, the sources used...... middle of article...... a better idea of how the Egyptian armed forces perceived and handled the crisis. To summarize the Israeli view of the crisis, I used the autobiography of Yitzak Shamir (Shamir, Yitzhak; “Summing Up”; London; Weidenfeld and NicolsonPress; 1994.), a man who was to play an essential role in the Arab politics. -The Israeli conflict as Prime Minister of Israel in the 1980s. My search for an Israeli military perspective was quite arduous, but I eventually settled on the work of Chaim Herzog in "The Arab-Israeli Wars" (1982). As Herzog was a major general during the 1956 crisis, he provided me with detailed information not only about the invasion itself, but also about the various meanings and causes behind it. In trying to find Jewish academic sources, I finally settled on the works of Itamar Rabinovich's "Seven Wars and a Peace Treaty" (1991) and ME Yapp's "The Middle East since World War I" (1991). 1991). While Rabinovich was based in Tel Aviv and had more pronounced pro-Israeli views, Yapp, who was a professor in London, England, whose ideas were somewhat more moderate and yet, at least from the point of view of.

Essay / The Suez Crisis of 1956 - 3078 or the Suez crisis. Whatever the name of the operation, its consequences for internal relations in the Middle East and with the world are impossible to ignore. Viewed simply as an objective event in history, several key outcomes of the war can be noted. This marked the beginning of the end of British and French colonial leadership in the region and the beginning of increasingly significant American and Soviet involvement. The war also proved to the Arab nations of the region that the Israeli military machine should not be taken lightly, a lesson that would be forgotten and relearned during the "Six Day War" of 1967. The positive impact that the The United Nations would have ended the conflict, thanks to Canada's idea of creating a United Nations peacekeeping force to help enforce the ceasefire, was another important outcome. This article, however, will not aim to examine these specific events in relation to the war, nor will it attempt to determine which factors were most important. My goal will be to gain a more complete understanding of the effects of the crisis by examining key events of the war from two different perspectives: the Israeli and Arab perspectives, as well as the experiences of the European powers. Through a brief comparison of different authors' coverage of the war and the different interpretations observed throughout my study, I will be able to make an informed assessment of how the event was and is today perceived in the political and historical forum. The war, which began on October 29, 1956 when the Israelis moved their units to the Sinai Peninsula, has its origins in numerous historical events. Which is the most important of these is a point of contention for the authors I have studied. There appears to be a consensus among all parties concerned that the rise to power of Gamal Abdel Nasser as President of Egypt in 1956 and his decision to nationalize the Suez Canal constituted the main precipitating factor in the outbreak of the conflict. However, why Nasser did this is where my various sources diverge. Quite predictably, the sources used...... middle of article...... a better idea of how the Egyptian armed forces perceived and handled the crisis. To summarize the Israeli view of the crisis, I used the autobiography of Yitzak Shamir (Shamir, Yitzhak; “Summing Up”; London; Weidenfeld and NicolsonPress; 1994.), a man who was to play an essential role in the Arab politics. -The Israeli conflict as Prime Minister of Israel in the 1980s. My search for an Israeli military perspective was quite arduous, but I eventually settled on the work of Chaim Herzog in "The Arab-Israeli Wars" (1982). As Herzog was a major general during the 1956 crisis, he provided me with detailed information not only about the invasion itself, but also about the various meanings and causes behind it. In trying to find Jewish academic sources, I finally settled on the works of Itamar Rabinovich's "Seven Wars and a Peace Treaty" (1991) and ME Yapp's "The Middle East since World War I" (1991). 1991). While Rabinovich was based in Tel Aviv and had more pronounced pro-Israeli views, Yapp, who was a professor in London, England, whose ideas were somewhat more moderate and yet, at least from the point of view of.

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