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15 de ene. de 2015 · Books. To Katanga and Back: A UN Case History. Conor Cruise O'Brien. Faber & Faber, Jan 15, 2015 - History - 240 pages. July 1960: The newly independent Congo is hit by the secession of its mineral rich-province Katanga, led by Moïse Tshombe and backed by Belgium and Britain. June 1961: Dr Conor Cruise O'Brien arrives in Katanga as Special ...
15 de may. de 2019 · Five Irish soldiers who survived the 1961 Siege of Jadotville subsequently took their own lives, ... Conor Cruise O'Brien, and the then Army Chief of Staff, General McKeown.
19 de dic. de 2008 · Fri 19 Dec 2008 05.37 EST. The distinguished writer, journalist, scholar, politician and former Irish cabinet minister Dr Conor Cruise O'Brien has died aged 91. O'Brien, who led the United Nations ...
18 de mar. de 2017 · Film Review: “The Siege of Jadotville” The true-life David & Goliath story of an Irish battalion sent to Congo on a peacekeeping mission for the United Nations in 1961. Attacked by Congolese loyalists and French mercenaries and outnumbered 20-to-1, not a single Irish soldier lost his life in the 5-day battle.
18 de dic. de 2008 · Thu Dec 18 2008 - 00:00. The death has taken place of the former Cabinet minister and journalist, Conor Cruise O'Brien, who was Minister for Posts and Telegraph during the Fine Gael/Labour ...
Donal Conor David Dermot Donat Cruise O'Brien, often nicknamed "The Cruiser", was an Irish diplomat, politician, writer, historian and academic, who served as Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1973 to 1977, a Senator for Dublin University from 1977 to 1979, a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-East constituency from 1969 to 1977, and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from ...
Conor Cruise O'Brien (3 November 1917-18 December 2008) was an Irish Labor Party TD from 18 June 1969 to 16 June 1977 and a Senator from 1977 to 1979. O'Brien also served as a United Nations representative at the time of the Congo Crisis in 1961, and he was known for his involvement with Operation Morthor and the Siege of Jadotville. Conor Cruise O'Brien was born in Dublin, County Dublin ...
