Terry "Stoney" Burke

Under the Blue Beret

A U.N. Peacekeeper in the Middle East

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The trauma of hostile fire, roadside bombs, mines, and the ab- duction and death of comrades is told in vivid, unforgettable detail. The fundamental and essential purpose of the United Nations is to keep the peace. Everything which does not further that goal, either directly or indirectly, is at best superfluous.- Henry Cabot Lodge, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations From the 1950s to the present day, Canadian peacekeepers have been employed as a stabilizing force and an instrument of peace in every corner of the globe. In this first-hand account, Terry Stoney Burke paints a graphic picture of a peacekeeper's life in one of the mo… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-1-4597-0834-1
EAN: 9781459708341
Produktnummer: 20459273
Verlag: Dundurn
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'084 KB

Über den Autor

Terry Stoney Burke joined the Canadian army in 1964 and was posted to Germany with the Royal Canadian Regiment. He has done nine U.N. tours of duty in Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel, and Syria, was active in Ottawa-Hull during the FLQ crisis, and is the author of Cold War Soldier. He lives in London, Ontario.