Black Hawks rising
Subtitle: the story of AMISOM's successful war against Somali insurgents, 2007-2014
By: Opiyo Oloya
Publisher: Helion & Company
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Solihull, West Midlands, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781911096832; 9781910777695
Subjects: Military History; HISTORY; Central; African Union Mission in Somalia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-255) and index.
Table of contents: title: List of Photographs; List of Maps; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Ruined Beginnings; 2 War on Terror Somalia (WOTS); 3 To Deploy or Not; 4 Playing the Ethiopian Card; 5 African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM); 6 The Mission Begins; 7 Beating the Bushes for Troops for Somalia; 8 HSM; title: Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen; 9 Operation Celestial Balance; 10 Twin Suicide Bombs; 11 Rethinking Rules of Engagement (ROE); 12 The War for Mogadishu; 13 War Beyond Mogadishu; 14 War Without Frontier; 15 AMISOM as a Template for Future Missions; Notes.