by Royce Ryton
On 5 November 1956, Anthony Eden, as Prime Minister of Great Britain, sent troops into the Suez Canal. Suez became an international crisis. The arguments still continue. Was he right? Why did he never regret his action? Was it, as many people suggest, ill-health that drove him to such a precipitous action? Or was it perhaps, an act of foresight that has been misunderstood?
