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- catalog abstract "Somalia seemed the world's leading candidate for humanitarian intervention when President George Bush sent American troops there in December 1992. Millions were in danger of starving; armed security crews were extorting protection money from aid organizations; the United Nations had fired its special envoy, Mohamed Sahnoun, perhaps the only foreign diplomat Somali warlords would heed. With an extravagant show of force, U.S. soldiers managed to alleviate the famine by opening up food channels but were unable to turn that success into civil and political rehabilitation. To determine the causes of Operation Restore Hope's ultimate failure, a journalist who reported on Somalia in 1992 and 1993 examines U.S. involvement there from the Cold War, through the country's civil war and famine, to the present. Part reportage, part analysis, Jonathan Stevenson's book aims both to inform and to provoke opinion. His dissection of the operation's disappointing results, and his suggestions about how American efforts might have been more effective, should stimulate pointed discussion at a time when the Congress is shying away from humanitarian and military commitments overseas. From a postmortem of the operations, the book takes on broader issues as well. It discusses the allocation of responsibility between the United States and the United Nations in aiding countries in turmoil and the limits on the feasibility of international charity. It similarly formulates a coherent intervention policy to guide future action. A lawyer-turned-journalist, Stevenson took an impartial eye to Somalia and emerged with an informed position that will help influence future U.S. foreign policy in the post-Cold War world.".
- catalog contributor b7112364.
- catalog coverage "Somalia Foreign relations United States.".
- catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations Somalia.".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "From a postmortem of the operations, the book takes on broader issues as well. It discusses the allocation of responsibility between the United States and the United Nations in aiding countries in turmoil and the limits on the feasibility of international charity. It similarly formulates a coherent intervention policy to guide future action. A lawyer-turned-journalist, Stevenson took an impartial eye to Somalia and emerged with an informed position that will help influence future U.S. foreign policy in the post-Cold War world.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-178) and index.".
- catalog description "Somalia seemed the world's leading candidate for humanitarian intervention when President George Bush sent American troops there in December 1992. Millions were in danger of starving; armed security crews were extorting protection money from aid organizations; the United Nations had fired its special envoy, Mohamed Sahnoun, perhaps the only foreign diplomat Somali warlords would heed. With an extravagant show of force, U.S. soldiers managed to alleviate the famine by opening up food channels but were unable to turn that success into civil and political rehabilitation.".
- catalog description "To determine the causes of Operation Restore Hope's ultimate failure, a journalist who reported on Somalia in 1992 and 1993 examines U.S. involvement there from the Cold War, through the country's civil war and famine, to the present. Part reportage, part analysis, Jonathan Stevenson's book aims both to inform and to provoke opinion. His dissection of the operation's disappointing results, and his suggestions about how American efforts might have been more effective, should stimulate pointed discussion at a time when the Congress is shying away from humanitarian and military commitments overseas.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 183 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Losing Mogadishu.".
- catalog identifier "1557507880 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Losing Mogadishu.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press,".
- catalog relation "Losing Mogadishu.".
- catalog spatial "Somalia Foreign relations United States.".
- catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations Somalia.".
- catalog subject "327.7306773 20".
- catalog subject "E183.8.S58 S74 1995".
- catalog subject "Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993.".
- catalog title "Losing Mogadishu : testing U.S. policy in Somalia / Jonathan Stevenson.".
- catalog type "text".