IT STARTED AT SUEZ.

INTERNATIONAL relations; GOVERNMENT ownership; GOVERNMENT policy; TREATIES

SUEZ Canal (Egypt); FRANCE; UNITED Kingdom; EGYPT; ISRAEL

Focuses on the Suez Canal conflict that involved Egypt, France and Great Britain. Involvement of Israel in the Suez conflict; Nationalization of the Suez Canal Company; Conduct of British foreign and defense policy in the Suez crisis; Role of the U.S. in the Suez crisis; Attitude of the U.S. toward the Baghdad Pact; Refusal of the European allies to support U.S. actions opposing Soviet expansion in Afghanistan.