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.
This book analyses three events in UN peacekeeping since 1948 - the Camp David accords, the June 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the Sabra-Shatila massacres in South Beirut - to answer the questions they raise about peacekeeping in the Middle East.