03071oam 2200697 a 450 991079245510332120100111135845.0979-82-16-01976-31-282-49213-697866124921361-57356-726-410.5040/9798216019763(CKB)2670000000009898(EBL)491333(OCoLC)609857358(SSID)ssj0000366283(PQKBManifestationID)11269431(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000366283(PQKBWorkID)10413964(PQKB)10598371(Au-PeEL)EBL491333(CaPaEBR)ebr10369945(CaONFJC)MIL249213(OCoLC)259253969(DLC)ABC1573567264(MiAaPQ)EBC491333(EXLCZ)99267000000000989820100108e20102023 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. :Praeger,2010.New York :Bloomsbury Publishing (US),2023.1 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. National securityUnited StatesOperation Restore Hope, 1992-1993InfluenceSecurity, InternationalSomalia Affair, 1992-1997InfluenceUnited StatesForeign relations1989-United StatesMilitary policyNational securityOperation Restore Hope, 1992-1993Influence.Security, International.Somalia Affair, 1992-1997Influence.355/.03307309049Patman Robert G551857DLCDLCBOOK9910792455103321Strategic shortfall3856547UNINA