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Theobald, Andrew Gregory: Watching the War and Keeping the Peace: The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) in the Middle East, 1949-1956. Kingston, 2009 ; Halle (Saale) : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, 2009

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Introduction

Literature Review
Permanent peace did not follow in the wake of the Arab-Israeli Armistice Agreements. Instead, the winner of the war attempted to solidify its gains while the defeated readied for a second round of fighting. From August 1949, the United Nations (UN) proffered its good offices to effect mediation, and its military officers to report on events. The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) helped to keep the peace as best it could during the often-violent events that preceded the October 1956 outbr
CHAPTER 5
The Arrival of General Burns
September-December 1954
CHAPTER 6