Mohamed El Nazer 
The missing Peace of Peacekeeping [PDF ebook] 
A historical analysis of peacekeeping efforts and its reforms

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2012 in the subject Politics — Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, grade: A, The American University in Cairo, language: English, abstract: The early effort for the United Nations to start the Peacekeeping mission was in 1948, when the United Nations authorized the deployment of troops in the Middle East to maintain peace and security. The mission’s intent was to supervise on the Armistice agreement made by Israel and Arab countries during the Arab Israeli conflict. It was crucial time for the United Nations to deploy its military personnel for several reasons. It was the second stage of the Palestinian war, preceded by domestic unrest and civil war between the Palestinians and the Jewish people as a result of the UN 1947 partition plan.