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Middle East Review of International Affairs
From Peace (keeping) to War: The United Nations and the Withdrawal of UNEF
by Michael Carroll
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Abstract
UN Secretary-General U Thant's decision to abruptly remove UN forces, in response to Egyptian President Gamal Abd al-Nasser's demand, is seen as one of the factors that led to the 1967 War, as well as to a failure in peacekeeping. This article discusses the rights and wrongs of that choice and also the role of the UN and other countries in the crisis.
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Note *: Michael K. Carroll teaches at Seiwa College, Japan. His dissertation at the University of Toronto examined the political and military aspects of Canada's involvement in the United Nations Emergency Force, as well as the underlying myth of Canadian peacekeeping.