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Somalia and Operation Restore Hope: Reflections on Peacemaking and Peacekeeping

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Somalia and Operation Restore Hope: Reflections on Peacemaking and Peacekeeping
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The Los Angeles Times describes this volume as one of the two most important postmortems written since the United Nations dismantled its troubled and lamented mission to Somalia.

â€œSomaliaâ€ has become a symbol for the unacceptable costs of humanitarian intervention, for the type of foreign involvement that should be avoided. But the authors of this timely book, themselves key participants in the U.S.-led operation there, argue that substantial good was doneâ€•the tide of famine was stayed, hundreds of thousands of lives saved, and steps toward political reconciliation begun. Despite the recent renewal of political violence, the humanitarian situation remains stable.

In launching Operation Restore Hope, the multinational coalition faced a complex, tense, and rapidly unfolding situation. The authors detail how the carefully limited mission achieved its goals, including mutual understanding with the Somalis, by combining political, military, and humanitarian actions. But the authors also describe how different U.S. and UN concepts of the mission and subsequent changes in the missionâ€™s scope led almost inevitably to confrontation.
Country USA
Brand Brand: United States Institute of Peace
Manufacturer United States Institute of Peace
Binding Paperback
EANs 9781878379412
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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