Canadian Peacekeepers: Ten Stories of Valour in War-torn Countries

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• Lester B. Pearson, who first brought the notion of the United Nations as a peacekeeping organization to the fore during the Suez Crisis;
• General Roméo Dallaire, whose efforts to stop the genocide in Rwanda brought him awards and decorations for his career but haunting memories;
• Mark Isfield, whose love for children prompted him and his mother to give small woollen IZZY dolls to children in war-torn countries and who lost his life in a minefield in Croatia;
• Colonel Donald Ethell, who negotiated the exchange of prisoners of war between the Syrians and the Israelis in the Middle East conflict;
• Robert Alan Short and Robbie Beerenfenger, who gave their lives in a minefield during Canada’s peacemaking operations in Afghanistan;
• General Lewis Mackenzie, who delicately balanced the world media to negotiate peace between the Croats and the Serbs in Yugoslavia;
• and more.