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Yanks in Blue Berets : American UN Peacekeepers in the Middle East /

"In 1948 the United Nations launched the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization following the conflict that erupted between Israel and its Arab neighbors, who profoundly opposed the creation of a Jewish state. UNTSO quickly found itself overseeing the ceasefire lines between combatant pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lingamfelter, L. Scott, 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2023.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Up to Jerusalem
  • A legacy of conflict
  • The UNTSO-US culture
  • The road to Damascus
  • The bright and dark sides of Syria
  • UNTSO in the Central Levant
  • The woes of UNIFIL
  • UNMO duty in the "Wild West"
  • UNMO teams in the "Wild West"
  • The gathering storm erupts
  • Peace for no one
  • Sentinels of peace
  • Epilogue : the Yanks reflect.