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Author Burke, Terry, 1947-

Title Under the blue beret : a U.N. peacekeeper in the Middle East / by Terry "Stoney" Burke
Published Toronto : Dundurn Press, 2013

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Contents PART ONE The Cyprus Years. Meat for the Sausage Machine -- Knowing Enough to Be Dangerous -- Life on the Green Line -- Returning Home to Chaos -- The End of a Stalemate -- The Man in the Tree -- The Crack and Thump of Christmas -- Welcome to Broken Down Airways -- One Egg Per Man, Per Day, Perhaps -- The Slow and Rocky Road Home -- Swan Song -- Aftermath
PART TWO The Middle East Years. Life in the Part-Time Army -- Dealing With a New and Dangerous Reality -- Trial and Tribulation on the Echo Road -- A Week of Looking and Cooking -- The Best of Times -- The Worst of Times -- Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! -- The Magical Mystry Tour -- Aftermath -- Epilogue : The Search for Peace of Mind
Summary From inexperienced soldier to seasoned veteran of nine U.N. missions in Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, and Syria, Terry Burke gives us a detailed account of a peacekeeper's life in the ever-turbulent Middle East
Subject Burke, Terry, 1947-
United Nations -- Peacekeeping forces -- Middle East
SUBJECT United Nations fast
Subject Peacekeeping forces, Canadian -- Middle East
Social conflict -- Middle East
HISTORY -- General.
Peacekeeping forces
Peacekeeping forces, Canadian
Social conflict
Middle East
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781459708341
1459708342
9781459708334
1459708334