Humanitarianism Under Fire: The US and UN Intervention in Somalia |
| Author: Kenneth R. Rutherford
Publisher: Kumarian Press
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 1565492609
Dewey Decimal Number: 967.73053
EAN: 9781565492608
ASIN: 1565492609
Publication Date: July 20, 2008
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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.
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