Rethinking the Cold War (V) - The Suez Crisis as Turning Point

I. November 1956: The Two Superpowers against Europe

1. The last intervention of European colonial powers
2. The Soviet blackmail
3. The US support the Soviet attitude against France and Britain


II. The consequences of Stalin's death

1. The end of the Korean War
2. The Spirit of Geneva: making peace in Indochina and Austria
3. Revolts in Central Europe (1953-1956)

III. Eisenhower's global policy

1. Iran and Guatemala
2. The Nuclear Strategy
3. 1955: Towards bombing China?

IV. Krushchev's USSR: between provocations on the diplomatic stage and fears of "Western Imperialism"

1. How to loosen the American grip on Eurasia
2. Challenging Western imperialism in the Middle East
3. Before Suez, Krushchev had renounced to intervening in Hungary