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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
The University Press of Kentucky,
2023.
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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.