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Humanitarianism under fire : the US and UN intervention in Somalia
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Humanitarianism under fire : the US and UN intervention in Somalia

Author: Ken Rutherford
Publisher: Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The international humanitarian intervention in Somalia was one of the most challenging operations ever conducted by US and UN military forces. Until Somalia, the UN had never run a Chapter VII exercise with large numbers of troops operating under a fighting mandate. It became a deadly test of the UN's ability carry out a peace operation using force against an adversary determined to sabotage the  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Ken Rutherford
ISBN: 9781565492608 1565492609
OCLC Number: 209810596
Description: xix, 217 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Contents: The last days of the modern Somali state --
Ineffective efforts to stop the chaos and death --
President Bush sets out to save Somalia --
Armed humanitarian intervention --
Armed nation-building --
The mission falls apart --
Past as prologue: withdrawal and re-engagement.
Other Titles: US and UN intervention in Somalia
Responsibility: Kenneth R. Rutherford.
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The international humanitarian intervention in Somalia was one of the most challenging operations ever conducted by US and UN military forces. Until Somalia, the UN had never run a Chapter VII exercise with large numbers of troops operating under a fighting mandate. It became a deadly test of the UN's ability carry out a peace operation using force against an adversary determined to sabotage the intervention.Humanitarianism Under Fire is a candid, detailed historical and political narrative of this remarkably complicated intervention that was one of the first cases of multilateral action in the post-Cold War era. Rutherford presents new information gleaned from interviews and intensive research in five countries. His evidence shows how Somalia became a turning point in the relationship between the UN and US and how policy and strategy decisions in military operations continue to refer back to this singular event, even today. -- Back cover.

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