Misconceptions

Abstract

Abstract The US Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, believed that Nasser’s nationalization of the Canal Company was a justifiable act taken by a sovereign nation. Here as at other times, US anti-colonialism divided British and American views. Yet Dulles told the British that a way had to be found to make Nasser ‘disgorge what he was attempting to swallow’. To the British, his attitude was contradictory. Some in Britain pushed for a resolution brokered by the United Nations. But Eden was determined on military action. President Eisenhower insisted that nothing be done until Nasser had proved that the Egyptians could not manage the canal. French leaders considered Nasser an enemy because of his support for Algerian rebels. The Israelis detested him for blockading Eilat, their port in the southern Sinai. Nasser failed to recognize the congruent interests of Britain, France, and Israel and clearly did not foresee their combined operation against him.

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@incollection{louis2025misconceptions,
  title = {{Misconceptions}},
  author = {Louis, Wm. Roger},
  pages = {239--252},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1093/oso/9780198201977.003.0013}
}

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