Adlai never had a chance. If any period of time was appropriate for a war hero to be President, 1956 was it. It was an awfully turbulent year.
In February, British Spies,
Burgess and
MacLean, surface in Moscow reminding us of subversion.
June,
Labor unrest in Poznan, Poland, crushed by Soviet troops.
July, Gamal Nasser of Egypt nationalizes Suez Canal causing an international uproar.
October 23,
Hungarian Revolution starts.
October 26, Soviet Army invades Hungary.
November 4, more Soviet troops pour into Hungary.
October 28, beginning of
Suez Crisis. Isreal invades Egypt and pushed Egyptian troops back towards Suez Canal.
October 31, France and Britain start bombing Egypt to force reopening Suez Canal.
November 5, British paratroopers drop on Suez.
November 6, Briish marines hit the beach in Suez area.
November 4, 5, 6, fighting raging in Budapest.
NOVEMBER 6, USA ELECTION DAY.
How is that for a made to order sequence of events? Ike won in a landslide.
