The Long Armistice: Un Peacekeeping and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1948-1960

ISBN-13: 9780367309084 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 264 str.

Nathan A. Pelcovits

Opis

Nathan Pelcovits provides a view on the impact of UN intervention, as peacekeeper and peacemaker, on the Arab-Israeli conflict during the formative years between 1948 and 1960. He examines the reasons behind the UN assumption of a quasi-custodial role in the dispute.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Introduction -- The Fateful Year—1948–1949 -- From Peacemaking to Peacekeeping -- The Armistice Regime Erodes, 1952–1955 -- The Egyptian Front, 1955–1956 -- After Suez: Conditions of Withdrawal -- Enforcing the Restored Armistice -- Guardians of the Arab-Israeli Stalemate

O autorze

Nathan A. Pelcovits is a former professorial lecturer at The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies During the 1960s and 1970s, he directed the UN planning office at the Department of State and was the chief officer for planning and administering U.S. participation in UN peacekeeping missions in the Congo, in Cyprus, and on Arab-Israeli fronts. He is the author of Peace-keeping on Arab-Israeli Fronts (Westview).