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Anthony Eden (1897-1977) Anthony Eden succeeded Winston Churchill as British Prime Minister in 1955. During the Suez Crisis of 1956, an overwrought Eden “lived on Benzedrine”. The drug undoubtedly impaired his judgement. Its effects may have contributed to Eden’s near-collapse, both physically and emotionally, and his resignation as ...
Thus writes Anthony Eden in his memoirs, Full Circle (Houghton Muffin, $6.95). At long last he saw a glimmer of hope that the frustrations in Anglo-American relations which followed Nasser's ...
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Oct 31, 2016 · By a delicious irony, UK prime minister Anthony Eden’s disastrous Suez adventure in 1956 coincided with the withdrawal from publication of Sir John Seeley’s classic text of British...
- Sean Lang
Anthony Eden is perhaps best known for his decision, as Prime Minister, to launch a military operation against Nasser’s Egypt in 1956, the so-called Suez Crisis. Eden made it very plain when justifying this action that he was acting to protect British commercial interests centred on the recently nationalised Suez Canal. However, drawing on ...
Jul 21, 2006 · His biographer, DR Thorpe, points to how Eden's use of drugs against the pain increased in the ensuing years. And he took amphetamines and barbituarates to counteract the side effects of the...
The Eden ministry was formed following the resignation of Winston Churchill in April 1955. Anthony Eden, then-Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, took over as Leader of the Conservative Party, and thus became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
In 1955 Eden became prime minister, as long expected, after Churchill's retirement. He encountered difficulties from the first as economic conditions worsened. In 1956, joined by the French and Israelis in a secret pact, contrary to almost everyone's advice, he launched an offensive on Egypt after President Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.
