An unreliable US President cosying up to Russia. War in the Middle East. And a global oil crunch... 70 years after the Suez Crisis, history is repeating itself in truly brutal ways
Meanwhile, in Eastern Europe the Russians are brutally attempting to extirpate a much smaller country, which is mounting a heroic but ultimately doomed resistance.
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Egypt's president Nasser seized the Suez Canal in July 1956.
"In July 1956 Egypt's president Nasser seized the Suez Canal, which was owned by British and French shareholders."
Britain and France invaded Egypt on November 5, 1956, following a secret agreement with Israel.
"Britain and France had made a secret agreement with Israel for it to invade Egypt so that the two European powers could follow suit and restore order."
After the Suez failure, Eden left office in January 1957 and spent the remaining 20 years of his life justifying his behaviour.
"He left office in January 1957, and spent the remaining 20 years of his life attempting to justify his behaviour."
Soviet soldiers rounded up and killed Hungarian rebels in their thousands and overthrew Imre Nagy's provisional government.
"This was only days before Russian soldiers rounded up and killed Hungarian rebels in their thousands and jettisoned their provisional government along with its leader, Imre Nagy."
Left-wing MP Aneurin Bevan addressed a huge Trafalgar Square rally against the government on November 4, 1956, the day before Anglo-French forces invaded Egypt.
"It took place on November 4, the day before Anglo-French forces invaded Egypt. It was addressed in mild terms by a succession of Labour worthies until firebrand Left-wing MP Aneurin Bevan whipped up the crowd"
Sir Anthony Eden announced a ceasefire a day after British and French troops invaded Egypt.
"A day after British and French troops invaded Egypt, Sir Anthony Eden announced a ceasefire."
The United States voted with the Soviet Union against Britain and France in the UN Security Council during the Suez Crisis.
"Incredible as it may seem, a few days earlier America had voted with the Soviet Union against Britain and France in the United Nations Security Council."
The Suez Crisis caused a run on the pound and prompted vague Soviet nuclear threats against Britain and France.
"The military operation against vastly inferior Egyptian troops was successful, but there had been a run on the pound and the Soviet Union had made vague nuclear threats against Britain and France."
Levin's War by Stephen Glover is a novel set during the 1956 Suez Crisis and Hungarian Revolution, centred on a Foreign Office official and a communist journalist.
"Levin's War by Stephen Glover (Biteback, £16.99), to be published tomorrow."
US president Dwight Eisenhower was re-elected on November 6, 1956, while Washington opposed the Suez intervention and largely ignored Soviet actions in Hungary.
"The United States (whose president, Dwight Eisenhower, was re-elected on November 6) virtually ignored Russian excesses in Hungary while busily opposing Britain, supposedly its closest ally."