1998 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Mutual Interdependence
Published in:
Anglo-American Relations in the Twentieth Century
Harold Macmillan was chosen as Prime Minister by Queen Elizabeth II, acting on advice. Perhaps he was seen as the man best able to heal the breach with the United States. Eden had to go. The reason given was his health. In his message to Eden about this, Eisenhower omitted any mention of ‘regret’, and merely referred to past associations. Macmillan told the Cabinet on 9 January 1957 that when the history of the Suez crisis was written, it would be recognised that Eden had been inspired by motives of the highest patriotism.1