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15 - 1956

from Part III - Moments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

By
Carole Fink
Edited by
J. R. McNeill  and
Kenneth Pomeranz
J. R. McNeill
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Washington DC
Kenneth Pomeranz
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
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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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American abolitionAfrican slaveAbolitionismtransatlantic slave tradeOttoman EmpireBritish governmentRussian serfdom
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The Cambridge World History , pp. 347 - 375
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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  • Edited by J. R. McNeill, Georgetown University, Washington DC, Kenneth Pomeranz, University of Chicago
  • Book: The Cambridge World History
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  • Edited by J. R. McNeill, Georgetown University, Washington DC, Kenneth Pomeranz, University of Chicago
  • Book: The Cambridge World History
  • Online publication: 05 May 2015
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316182789.016
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