THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION, THE U.N. AND THE YEMENI CIVIL WAR.

The article focuses on the view of the U.S. President John F. Kennedy's administration concerning issues on Arab nationalism including the U.N. peacekeeping operations on Israel's territory. It addresses certain issues involving the U.N. Yemen Observation Mission (UNYOM). A review and analysis of the Kennedy administration's foreign policy and international politics in association with the activities of the short-lived UNYOM operation are also discussed. The author also presents several letters written by Kennedy a month before his assassination which concerns the failure of Egypt to perform its part in the Yemen disengagement agreement.