1st Edition
The Long Armistice Un Peacekeeping And The Arabisraeli Conflict, 19481960
By Nathan A Pelcovits
Copyright 1994
264 Pages
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Routledge
280 Pages
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Routledge
264 Pages
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Routledge
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Drawing on previously untapped documents, interviews with key actors, and his own experiences in the Department of State, Nathan Pelcovits takes a fresh look at 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 and how... Read more
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
Biography
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).
