Bernadotte in Palestine, 1948 : a study in contemporary humanitarian knight-errantry
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Bernadotte in Palestine, 1948 : a study in contemporary humanitarian knight-errantry
(St. Antony's/Macmillan series)
Macmillan in association with St Antony's College, Oxford, 1989
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Description
This book concerns Bernadotte, the Swedish diplomat who was appointed the UN mediator in Palestine in 1948 and initiated the "Bernadotte Plans". It recounts the main events of his life before he was assassinated, including the first and second truces, and describes Palestine since his death.
Table of Contents
- A slow maturity
- fame and contention - Bernadotte's rescue mission in Germany
- to Jerusalem
- his finest hour - the attainment of the First Truce
- the First Truce - the failure of supervision
- a solution too early - the first Bernadotte Plan and its consequences
- the Second Truce - recovery and disintegration
- an attempted conspiracy - the Second Bernadotte Plan
- the assassination of the Mediator
- Palestine after Bernadotte.
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