Pearson's Prize: Canada and the Suez Crisis by John MeladyISBN: 9781550026115
Publication Date: 2006-04-15
The Suez Crisis was defused because of the efforts of Lester Pearson, then Canada's Minister of External Affairs. Pearson proposed a U.N. peacekeeping force be sent to Egypt to separate the warring factions there and keep the peace. Because his idea was adopted, Pearson helped save the world from war. For his outstanding statesmanship, Pearson won the Nobel Prize for Peace. This book is about the Suez and about Pearson's work during a tension-filled time in the twentieth century.