Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVolume VII
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World HistoryProduction, Destruction, and Connection, 1750–Present
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part ISocial developments
- Part IICulture and Connections
- Part IIIMoments
- 12Atlantic revolutions: a reinterpretation
- 13Global war 1914–45
- 14The Cold War
- 151956
- 161989 as a year of great significance
- Part IVLigaments of Globalization
- Index
- References
15 - 1956
from Part III - Moments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVolume VII
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World HistoryProduction, Destruction, and Connection, 1750–Present
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part ISocial developments
- Part IICulture and Connections
- Part IIIMoments
- 12Atlantic revolutions: a reinterpretation
- 13Global war 1914–45
- 14The Cold War
- 151956
- 161989 as a year of great significance
- Part IVLigaments of Globalization
- Index
- References
Summary
In the Cold War era 1956 was such a year, and it indeed had a global impact. Two striking events are associated with 1956: the Soviet repression of the Hungarian Revolution and the abortive Anglo-French-Israeli campaign in Suez. The Hungarian revolution of 1956 posed an existential problem for Nikita Khrushchev by challenging the principles of Stalin and Lenin. By mid October Hungary's massive anti-Soviet demonstrations led by workers, students, soldiers, and writers had led to the disintegration of communist. In 1956, only four years after toppling the corrupt and ineffective King Farouk, Egypt's second president and virtual dictator, the thirty-six-year-old Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser, had become a major figure in international affairs. Abroad Nasser had won a string of triumphs, obtaining Britain's agreement to withdraw its 80,000 troops from the Suez Canal Zone in two years' time, playing a starring role at the Bandung conference.
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