CherieJ Peden's video: The Other Side of Suez Documentary

The Suez Crisis of 1956 is a forgotten moment in history, perhaps because it's still an embarrassment to the English establishment who landed uncomfortably on their asses, when Egyptian President Nasser refused to kowtow to the Biritish and American financial interests trying to bankrupt his country. The Suez Crisis caused a war and resulted in a severe backflip in British hegemony in the MIddle East. by assuming that democratically elected Nasser would capitulate to them. . Eventually, Churchills hand-picked successor Anthony Eden was kicked out of Great Britain for refusing to show leadership during the crisis, and British imperialism was no longer seen as a normality in the rest of the world.