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Somalia : perspectives on challenges and lessons / Merlin Kennedy, editor.
Record details
- ISBN: 1631174916
- ISBN: 9781631174919
- Physical Description: 1 online resource.
- Publisher: New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2014]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString.july.23 Includes index. Multi-User. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | SOMALIA: PERSPECTIVES ON CHALLENGES AND LESSONS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: State Collapse, Insurgency, and Counterinsurgency: Lessons from Somalia(; Foreword; Summary; Introduction; Identity and Legitimacy among the Somali; From Union to Fragmentation: A Brief History of Modern Somalia; The Failure of the Transitional Federal Government; AMISOM: Peacekeepers with No Peace to Keep; The Islamist Insurgents; The Somalia that Works: ""Bottom-Up"" versus "Top-Down"; Famine Changes the Game?; AMISOM Turns the Tide, al-Shabaab Mutates. Another Somali GovernmentA Lesson about Legitimacy and the Limits of Military Force in Counterinsurgency; Conclusion; About the Author; End Notes; Chapter 2: Testimony of Amanda J. Dory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, African Affairs. Hearing on ''Security and Governance in Somalia: Consolidating Gains, Confronting Challenges, and Charting the Path Forward''(; Introduction; Security Environment; DoD Security Assistance /Cooperation; Conclusion. Chapter 3: Testimony of Nancy Lindborg, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development. Hearing on ''Security and Governance in Somalia: Consolidating Gains, Confronting Challenges, and Charting the Path Forward''(Introduction; Emerging from Two Decades of Conflict; The New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States: A Way Forward for Somalia; Continuing Challenges; Building Resilience; Conclusion. Chapter 4: Statement of Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, U.S. Department of State. Hearing on ''Security and Governance in Somalia: Consolidating Gains, Confronting Challenges, and Charting the Path Forward''(Introduction; U.S. Policy and Engagement in Somalia; Westgate Attack; U.S. Presence; Federalism/Political Cooperation; Conclusion. Chapter 5: Statement of Dr. Andre Le Sage, Senior Research Fellow, National Defense University. Hearing on ''Security and Governance in Somalia: Consolidating Gains, Confronting Challenges, and Charting the Path Forward''(The Political & Security Context; Somalia's Federal Government; The Current Al Shabab Threat Network ; Sustaining Al Shabab: Funding and Personnel; Al Shabab's Internal Conflicts; Al Shabab's Strategy and the Westgate Attack; Continuing the Fight against Al Shabab. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by EBSCO. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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