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- English
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Pearson's Prize
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: To Save the World
- Chapter 2: A Ditch in the Desert
- Chapter 3: The Cause of a Crisis
- Chapter 4: A Question of Reaction
- Chapter 5: Hitler on the Nile
- Chapter 6: The Problem of Egypt
- Chapter 7: Anglo-French Decisions
- Chapter 8: A Case of Collusion
- Chapter 9: Fighter Jets and War
- Chapter 10: The Sinai Campaign
- Chapter 11: Bombing in Cairo
- Chapter 12: The Canadian Reaction
- Chapter 13: Paratroops at Port Said
- Chapter 14: Pearson’s Promise
- Chapter 15: Protest and Problems
- Chapter 16: History at the United Nations
- Chapter 17: Ashore in Egypt
- Chapter 18: The End of the War
- Chapter 19: The Wrong Regiment
- Chapter 20: Canadians Arrive in Egypt
- Chapter 21: The Fall of Anthony Eden
- Chapter 22: Peacekeeping in Egypt
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Notes