Sir Brian Urquhart



1. Introduction

2. Education

3. World War II

4. Failure of Operation Market Garden

5. Arnhem: Logistics

6. Arnhem: Objectives

7. Arnhem: Dangers of Airborne Operation

8. Arnhem: Unfounded Optimism

9. Arnhem: Lessons

10. Life After Arnhem

11. Belsen: Shock

12. Belsen: Dire Situation

13. Belsen: Meeting Kramer

14. Belsen: Effect on British Troops

15. Genesis of the U.N.

16. Optimism of 1945

17. U.N. Founded on Conflict

18. U.S. Contributions to U.N.

19. U.S. Ideals

20. Eleanor Roosevelt

21. Ralph Bunche: Extraordinary figure

22. Ralph Bunche: Colonialism

23. Ralph Bunche: Opposition to Hitler

24. Ralph Bunche: Palestine

25. Ralph Bunche: The First Peacekeeping Operation

26. Ralph Bunche: Settlement in Palistine

27. Ralph Bunche: Negotiation

28. Ralph Bunche: Nobel Peace Prize

29. Ralph Bunche: Peacekeeping Procedures

30. Suez Crisis

31. Congo

32. Congo: Complexity

33. Congo: Boiling Point

34. Congo: Political Turmoil

35. Congo: Katanga

36. Congo: Kidnapped

37. Dag Hammarskjold

38. Power Vacuums

39. Nuclear Confrontation

40. After the Cold War

41. Confusion in Tactics

42. Necessity for New Techniques

43. U.N.: Reputation

44. Anti-Government Movement

45. Mythology About the U.N.: Alternatives to Foreign Service

47. Philosophy

48. Conclusion