- Reaction score
- 5,980
- Points
- 1,260
Don't forget that the reason for 'Pearsonian Peacekeeping' in 1956 was to rescue the West from Ike's fury. Eisenhower was flaming mad at , and because they invaded Egypt in 1956 and threatened to upset years of strategy/diplomacy. He reportedly considered expelling & from NATO!
Ralph Bunche, one of the ablest strategic thinkers of the 20th century, came up with the idea of a UN force and he enlisted Lester Pearson, one of the most skilled diplomats in the UN to stick handle the notion past the 'Eastern Block' and sell the idea to one and all, including famous diplomatic stumbling blocks like Krishna Menon.
Bunche already had his Nobel Prize for "inventing"peacekeeping; Mike Pearson got his for persuading Ike to save the western alliance.
Ralph Bunche, one of the ablest strategic thinkers of the 20th century, came up with the idea of a UN force and he enlisted Lester Pearson, one of the most skilled diplomats in the UN to stick handle the notion past the 'Eastern Block' and sell the idea to one and all, including famous diplomatic stumbling blocks like Krishna Menon.
Bunche already had his Nobel Prize for "inventing"peacekeeping; Mike Pearson got his for persuading Ike to save the western alliance.