What did the Suez intervention of 1956 prove?

A. The United States had little power to stop a determined Britain.
B. Western Europe could not impose its will on the world without U.S. support.
C. The United States had little power to stop a determined France.
D. The new states in Africa and the Middle East were still, essentially, European colonies.


Answer: B

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