effort to save Somalia, August 1992-March 1994
By: Walter S. Poole.
Contributors: United States. Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Joint History Office.
Publisher: Joint History Office, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Subjects: United Nations Operation in Somalia.; Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993.; Somalia Affair, 1992-1997.; United States -- Armed Forces -- Somalia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: The road to tragedy; value: Launching the airlift; value: Debating "points of security"; value: Ball peen or sledge hammer?; value: Defining a mission; value: Coalition forces enter Somalia; value: Setting limits on the US role; value: Accomplishing the transition; value: A mixed appraisal; value: Resolution 837; value: Aideed becomes the "center of gravity"; value: The debate over "mission creep"; value: Accommodation with Aideed?; value: A bloody raid forces a decision to withdraw; value: Liquidation.