{"product_id":"strategic-shortfall-the-somalia-syndrome-and-the-march-to-9-11-hardcover","title":"Strategic Shortfall: The Somalia Syndrome and the March to 9\/11 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert G. Patman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartin N. Stanton\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContrary to conventional wisdom, this book argues, it was not the 9\/11 attacks that transformed the international security environment. Instead, it was \"Somali Syndrome,\" an aversion to intervening in failed states that began in the wake of the1993 U.S.\/UN action in Somalia. The botched raid precipitated America's strategic retreat from its post-Cold War experiment at partnership with the UN in nation-building and peace enforcement and engendered U.S. paralysis in the face of genocide in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur. The ensuing international security vacuum emboldened al-Qaeda to emerge and attack America and inaugurated our present era of intrastate conflict, mass killings, forced relocations, and international terrorism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs this even-handed treatment shows, the Somali crisis can be connected to seven key features of the emerging post-Cold War world security order. These include the fact that failed states are now the main source of world instability and that new wars are driven by racial, ethnic, and religious identity issues.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert G. Patman\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of politics and director of international studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He is coeditor of the Praeger Security International series \u003cb\u003eEthics of American Foreign Policy\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53026242658611,"sku":"9780275993627","price":129.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/8IuX1gFTU59780275993627.webp?v=1770235376","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/strategic-shortfall-the-somalia-syndrome-and-the-march-to-9-11-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}