Somalia ... from the sea
By: Gary J. Ohls.
Contributors: Naval War College (U.S.). Center for Naval Warfare Studies.
Series: Newport papers -- 34; Newport paper -- no. 34.
Publisher: Naval War College Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Newport, R.I
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781884733598
Subjects: Civil war -- Somalia; Peacekeeping forces, American -- Somalia; Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993; Insurgency -- Somalia -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Foreign relations -- Somalia; Somalia -- Foreign relations -- United States; Somalia -- Politics and government -- 1991-; Somalia -- History -- 1991-; United States -- Armed Forces -- Somalia
Description: "From January 1991 through March 1995, the United States conducted numerous incursions into Somalia, undertaking a variety of missions and objectives. All of the actions had humanitarian elements, yet the operations that made up this mosaic of American  involvement ranged from benign to aggressive, from purely humanitarian to clearly  combative. Somalia . . . From the Sea is an account that attempts to explain and analyze these actions and place them within the overarching strategic and operational concepts developing in the first years following the end of the Cold War."--Introduction
Notes: "July 2009"--T.p. verso.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. Operational and strategic context; title: 2. Operation Eastern Exit; title: 3. Operation Provide Relief; title: 4. Operation Restore Hope : prelude and lodgment; title: 5. Operation Restore Hope : operations and transition; title: 6. Operation Continue Hope : operations and  conflict; title: 7. Operation Continue Hope : reinforcement and withdrawal; title: 8. Operation United Shield; title: 9. Operational and strategic observations; title: Appendix A. The Weinberger doctrine; title: Appendix B. The Powell doctrine; title: Appendix C. UNITAF component commanders; title: Appendix D. UN Security Council resolutions; title: Appendix E. Seven-point agreement; title: Appendix F. Somali clans and political factions; title: Appendix G. Participating nations; title: Appendix H. General Zinni's considerations for humanitarian and peace operations; title: Appendix I. Major events chronology; title: Appendix J. Acronyms and abbreviations.