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Humanitarianism under fire : the US and UN intervention in Somalia / Kenneth R. Rutherford.
- Title
- Humanitarianism under fire : the US and UN intervention in Somalia / Kenneth R. Rutherford.
- Author
- Rutherford, Ken, 1962-
- Publication
- Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2008.
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- Description
- xix, 217 p. : map; 23 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- US and UN intervention in Somalia
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-201) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781565492608 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1565492609 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2008010160
- OCLC
- 209810596
- SCSB-12562217
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library