The Suez Crisis of the 1950s - page 1
Keywords: This coursework is split up into 8 seperate sources and therefore 8 questions
By Northcott on 26/09/2008
Level: VGCSE
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1. Look at Source A. In what ways is this source biased? Explain your answer.
The caption for this cartoon immediately shows us that this cartoon was published in a British Newspaper in July 1956, just after Nasser had announced his nationalisation of the Suez Canal. This angered the British and French, as this was a major trade route to India and other South Asian destinations. The French and the British also had very valuable shares in the Suez Canal that were every profitable at this time. It is understandable why the British newspapers were putting Nasser in a bad light as this “jingoistic” dictator just nationalised something that wasn’t his.
Nasser was very against having European influence in the Arabic states. The cartoon portrays this by showing Nasser ripping treaties between Egypt, Israel and Britain, for example the “Egyptian Embargo on Israeli Shipping” which stops Israeli ships coming through the Suez Canal and “Suez Canal Treaty” that states who owns the Suez Canal and who can use it. This newspaper is trying to explain that Nasser has a disregard for international law, and remind the public that the last person who did this was Hitler. The British press have also presented Nasser swearing with all the angry symbols above his head, his facial expression is also one of displeasure due to the medalling western hands in the Suez area. Nasser is shown to be speaking to his people on the radio in military uniform this has a somewhat Hitler aspect to it, as this is how the Nazi dictator also spoke to his peoples. This could be a metaphor as to how Nasser could be a potential Hitler and a military aggressor towards the European nations Eden is trying to say he must be stopped and not use appeasement.
2. Study Sources B, C and D How Far is Eden’s view in Source D supported by the evidence of sources B and C? Explain your answer.
Source D was a message sent from Eden to President Eisenhower on the 6th of September 1956 explaining the western stance on the Nationalisation of the Suez Canal. Eden is trying to put across that the nationalisation of the Suez Canal is the “opening gambit in a planned campaign designed by Nasser to expel all Western Influence in Saudi-Arabia, Jordan, Syria and Iraq.” This is encouraging Eisenhower to see that it is only a matter of
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