Strategic Shortfall : the Somalia Syndrome and the March to 9/11.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, this book argues, it was not the 9/11 attacks that transformed the international security environment. Instead, it was "Somali Syndrome," an aversion to intervening in failed states that began in the wake of the1993 U.S./UN action in Somalia. The botched ra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Patman, Robert G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2010.
Temas:
Since 1989
Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993 > Influence.
Somalia Affair, 1992-1997 > Influence.
Security, International.
National security > United States.
Opération Rendre l'espoir, 1992-1993 > Influence.
Affaire somalienne, Canada, 1992-1997 > Influence.
Diplomatic relations
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Military policy
National security
Security, International
United States > Military policy.
United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1989-
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. The New Global Context and the Disintegration of the Somali State; 2. About Face: President Bush's Decision to Intervene in Somalia; 3. A Shattered Hope: The U.S. UN Intervention in Somalia; 4. What If? The Alternative History of Australian Involvement in Somalia; 5. The Somalia Syndrome and the Rise of al Qaeda; 6. Too Little Too Late: Clinton's Growing Fears about al Qaeda and the Long Shadow of the Somalia Syndrome.
  • 7. What Threat? Bush's Retreat to the Mogadishu Line and the Countdown to the 9/11 Attacks8. Conclusion: America's Strategic Shortfall; Notes; Index.

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