Britain was humiliated by international opinion and made to look foolish after the Suez crisis.
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Britain was humiliated by international opinion and made to look foolish There is no doubt that after the Suez crisis, Britain's world importance had been undermined, it had been humiliated at the U.N general assembly and its dependence on the USA was now completely evident. Socialist Russia now seemed triumphant and omnipotent over Western Europe while the former might of the British economy now looked weak, impotent and had plunged into a recession. Eden's domestic government fell within months leaving the high moral position, so pivotal in Britain's foreign policy in tatters. The commonwealth too was now more distant than ever, furthering Britain's mortification and loss of prestige. Overall, Britain's assault on Egypt was almost universally condemned throughout the global community resulting in a formerly revered and prominent country in a state of disarray and humiliation. Immediately after the invasion the value of sterling started to decrease rapidly due to essential...

