Cartography for the common defense
This is an August 1956 map of Port Said, Egypt, one of the thousands of maps created by the Department of Defense. They cover most of the world’s land masses, at...
Daily diary of President Eisenhower
President Dwight D. Eisenhower made this entry in his diary on August 8, 1956, about two weeks after Egypt President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, announced that the Egyptian...
Discussing the Middle East
President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were photographed on September 7, 1978, during one of the Camp David...
Ike talks about Suez
At 7 p.m. on October 31, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the nation on international affairs. After discussing Soviet intervention in Hungary, he...
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles
This photograph of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles was taken on August 3, 1956. Speaking at the Oval Office in the White...
Sinai, 1978
The Issue of Israeli: withdrawal from the Sinai emerged as the greatest obstacle to a peace agreement between Egypt and Israel. Throughout the negotiations, President...
Solving the world’s problems
This photograph of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles was taken on October 30, 1956. The two were discussing the U.S. response...