02929nam 2200661Ia 450 991045965140332120200520144314.01-282-49213-697866124921361-57356-726-4(CKB)2670000000009898(EBL)491333(OCoLC)609857358(SSID)ssj0000366283(PQKBManifestationID)11269431(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000366283(PQKBWorkID)10413964(PQKB)10598371(MiAaPQ)EBC491333(Au-PeEL)EBL491333(CaPaEBR)ebr10369945(CaONFJC)MIL249213(EXLCZ)99267000000000989820100108d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStrategic shortfall[electronic resource] the Somalia Syndrome and the march to 9/11 /Robert G. Patman ; foreword by Martin N. StantonSanta Barbara, Calif. Praegerc20101 online resource (205 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-275-99362-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Syndrome7. What Threat? Bush's Retreat to the Mogadishu Line and the Countdown to the 9/11 Attacks8. Conclusion: America's Strategic Shortfall; Notes; Index This seminal work argues that the disastrous raid in Mogadishu in 1993, and America's resulting aversion to intervening in failed states, led to the Rwanda and Bosnia genocides and to the 9/11 attacks. Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993InfluenceSomalia Affair, 1992-1997InfluenceSecurity, InternationalNational securityUnited StatesUnited StatesMilitary policyUnited StatesForeign relations1989-Electronic books.Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993Influence.Somalia Affair, 1992-1997Influence.Security, International.National security355/.03307309049Patman Robert G551857MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459651403321Strategic shortfall2250149UNINA