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Table of Contents Foreword iii Overview 1 Chapter 1. UNOSOM I: First Efforts Falter 5 The Road to Tragedy 5 Launching the Airlift 6 Debating "Points of Security" 9 Chapter 2. UNITAF Halts the Anarchy 15 Ball Peen or Sledge Hammer? 15 Defining a Mission 21 Coalition Forces Enter Somalia 23 Setting Limits on the US Role 26 Accomplishing the Transition 32 A Mixed Appraisal 36 Chapter 3. "Necessary Measures" 41 Resolution 837 42 Aideed Becomes the "Center of Gravity" 44 The Debate over "Mission Creep" 48 Accommodation with Aideed? 51 A Bloody Raid Forces a Decision to Withdraw 57 Liquidation 62 Conclusion 69 ACRONYMS 73 PERT Chart, 17 August 1993 74 MAP 75
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993.
Somalia Affair, 1992-1997.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Somalia.
United Nations Operation in Somalia.