717. The Suez Crisis: Anarchy in the Middle East (Part 1)

Tom and Dominic launch a multi-part series on the Suez Crisis, one of the most notorious international scandals of the 20th century. In this opening episode they introduce the key players—British Prime Minister Anthony Eden and Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser—and set up the central question: was the crisis the death knell of the British Empire?