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The Hungarian Revolution and the Suez Crisis
Author(s) -
BOYLE PETER G.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.12
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1468-229X
pISSN - 0018-2648
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-229x.2005.00350.x
Subject(s) - suez canal , russian revolution , ancient history , history , economic history , political science , law , economics , international trade , politics
The Hungarian Revolution and the military phase of the Suez Crisis occurred virtually contemporaneously in the last week of October and the first week of November 1956. While a great deal of historical research and writing has been done on the two crises individually, there has been relatively little investigation of the interconnection between the two episodes. The interconnections were of particular importance in influencing the Soviet decision to use brutal military force to suppress the Hungarian Revolution and in explaining the depth of bitterness in the rift between Britain and the United States over the Suez Crisis.