Yanks in Blue Berets: American Un Peacekeepers in the Middle East

by L Scott Lingamfelter

Book Overview

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 parties. In the ensuing decades, as countries along the eastern Mediterranean engaged in a series of escalating military conflicts, UNTSO was continually challenged...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813197635
• ISBN13: 9780813197630
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"