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Section sizes

Section size for Suez Crisis (64 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	19,418	19,418
Background	62	38,432
Construction of the Suez Canal	1,467	1,467
Convention of Constantinople	2,038	5,222
Oil shipments	3,184	3,184
After World War II	2,575	2,575
After the 1952 Egyptian Revolution	919	29,106
Egypt and Britain	1,698	1,698
Egypt and the Arab League	1,350	1,350
Egypt and the Cold War	11,139	18,015
Nasser and the Soviet Union	2,466	2,466
Nasser and the United States	4,410	4,410
France and Egypt's support for Algerian rebels	1,901	1,901
Fluctuation of the Egyptian–Israeli relationship	2,051	2,051
Emergence of a French–Israeli alliance	1,489	1,489
Frustration of British influence in the Middle East	1,683	1,683
Egyptian policies in 1956	33	10,307
Nasser and Jordan	692	692
Nasser and Britain	2,829	2,829
American financing for Egypt's Aswan Dam	1,914	1,914
Nasser-US negotiations	4,839	4,839
Nationalisation of the Suez Canal	3,662	22,235
British response	6,120	6,120
French response	2,750	2,750
Commonwealth response	3,052	3,052
Western diplomacy	6,651	6,651
Motives for invading Egypt	67	4,043
Britain and France	594	594
Israel	3,382	3,382
Forces	14	6,403
British	1,784	1,784
French	1,852	1,852
Israeli	1,578	1,578
Egyptian	1,175	1,175
Invasion of Egypt	62	2,085
Casualties	2,023	2,023
End of hostilities	68	47,466
British anti-war protests	12,959	12,959
Domestic support for Eden	7,529	7,529
International reaction	32	19,946
Response by Western governments	3,791	3,791
Reception in the Muslim world	889	889
U.N. General Assembly Resolution 997	4,706	7,707
Condemnation of the U.N. in West Germany	3,001	3,001
Post-invasion Israeli initiatives	2,203	2,203
Soviet sabre-rattling	5,324	5,324
Economic pressure on Britain and France	1,852	1,852
Ceasefire	5,112	5,112
Aftermath	11,319	32,124
Military thought	1,425	1,425
Europe	1,085	1,085
Egypt	3,740	5,414
Crackdown on Egyptian Jews	1,674	1,674
Britain	5,891	5,891
France	2,684	2,684
Israel	2,326	2,326
Canada	1,068	1,068
Soviet Union	912	912
See also	454	454
Notes	26	26
References	35	7,309
Works cited	7,274	7,274
Further reading	3,780	3,780
External links	3,533	3,533
Total	197,615	197,615

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