Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Suez Crisis

The 1956 Suez Crisis is one of the most important and controversial events in British history since the Second World War. Not only did Suez result in deep political and public division in Britain, it also caused international uproar. It has come to be regarded as the end of Britain's role as one of the world powers and as the beginning of the end for the British Empire. In future British foreign policy would be conducted in concurrence with American diplomatic support.


Transcription.
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Harold Macmillan diary entry, 27 July 1956. MS. Macmillan dep. d. 27, fols. 9r, 10r, 11r.
William Clark diary entry, 13 Aug. 1956. MS. Eng. c. 4806, fols. 114-15.
Paul Gore-Booth minute, 2 Nov. 1956. MS. Gore-Booth adds. 10/1, fol. 4r-v.
Paul Gore-Booth letter to mother, 3 Nov. 1956. MS. Eng. c. 4599, fols. 12r-13v.
William Clark diary entry 4-5 Nov. 1956. MS. Eng. c. 4806, fols. 179-80.
Violet Bonham Carter letter to Gilbert Murray, 30 Nov. 1956. MS. Gilbert Murray 121, fols. 219-220.

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12 comments:

Unknown said...

I am doing the Violet Banham Carter letter. first two pages

Unknown said...

I'll do the first two pages of Paul Gore-Booth letter to mother.

Emily Pitts said...

I'll do the Violet Banham Carter letter, last two pages

Unknown said...

I'll do the Violet Bonham Carter first 2 pages

Alicia said...

I will do the first two pages of the Paul Gore-Booth letter to mother

Unknown said...

I'm doing the William Clark diary entry

Unknown said...

I'll do the Violet Bonham Carter last two pages.

Unknown said...

I will do the William Clark Diary entry.

Unknown said...

I will do the last two pages of the Paul Gore-Booth letter to mother

Caitlyn said...

Madelyn and I are doing the Paul Gore-Booth minute.

Melissa said...

Dani, I'm not sure which William Clark diary entry you mean, I'm going to assume you meant the first so I'll take the second.

Unknown said...

I will do the violet bonham carter letter