The impact of the ٍSuez Crisis (1956)‎ on the us-uk 'special relationship'

Abstract EN

This work aims at analyzing the impact of the Suez Crisis (1956) on “The Special Relationship” between UK and USA.

Indeed, after the Second World War (1939-1945), a close partnership was developed between the two aforementioned countries to the extent that the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill dubbed it as“The Special Relationship” in a speech he delivered in 1946.

However, this fraternal association was about to be broken and turned into ashes after the tensions over the Egyptian Canal of Suez in 1956.

In this regard, this work endeavours to analyse the event itself and then the effect it brought on this relationship.

In other words, it sheds light on the causes, process, and impact for the relationship was about to be compromised.

Finally, it attempts to extract the lesson driven from this incident.

To this aim, a historical approach was adopted, and relevant sources were consulted.