A Lesson for Our Times: How America Kept the Peace in the Hungary-Suez Crisis of 1956

Even though it has faded in the minds of most, the Cold War was the dominant happening in the second half of the 20^th Century. The underlying cause was the Soviet Union’s expansionism, which was driven by imperialist ambition overlaid with ideology. Combating this radical and highly threatening form of political and territorial aggrandizement made extraordinary demands on the Western nations, and especially the United States because of its strength and democratic tradition. These forces vie...