{"product_id":"2940148888505","title":"My Clan Against the World: US and Coalition Forces in Somalia 1992-1994","description":"“My Clan Against the World”: US and Coalition Operations in\u003cbr\u003eSomalia, 1992-94 represents another in a series of military case studies\u003cbr\u003epublished by the Combat Studies Institute (CSI) at Fort Leavenworth,\u003cbr\u003eKansas. The impetus for this project came from the commanding general,\u003cbr\u003eUS Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia, who\u003cbr\u003edirected CSI to examine the American military’s experience with urban\u003cbr\u003eoperations in Somalia, particularly in the capital city of Mogadishu. That original focus can be found in the following pages, but the\u003cbr\u003eauthors address other, broader issues as well, to include planning for\u003cbr\u003ea multinational intervention; workable and unworkable command and\u003cbr\u003econtrol arrangements; the advantages and problems inherent in coalition\u003cbr\u003eoperations; the need for cultural awareness in a clan-based society whose\u003cbr\u003estatus as a nation-state is problematic; the continuous adjustments required\u003cbr\u003eby a dynamic, often unpredictable situation; the political dimension of\u003cbr\u003emilitary activities at the operational and tactical levels; and the ability to\u003cbr\u003ematch military power and capabilities to the mission at hand.\u003cbr\u003eThis case study also cautions against the misuse and overuse of “les-\u003cbr\u003esons” learned from any given military undertaking. As with the lessons\u003cbr\u003eof Vietnam, one of which dictated that conventional units should not\u003cbr\u003eengage in unconventional warfare, the US experience in Somalia left\u003cbr\u003emany military analysts and policymakers convinced that the United States\u003cbr\u003eshould eschew any undertaking that smacked of nation building. Yet,\u003cbr\u003eas this book is published, just ten years after the US exit from Somalia,\u003cbr\u003eAmerican forces are engaged in several locations against an unconven-\u003cbr\u003etional foe and are involved in nation building in both Afghanistan and\u003cbr\u003eIraq. Perhaps the first lesson to be learned about extracting lessons is, in\u003cbr\u003ethe words of a once-popular motion picture, “Never Say Never Again.”","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158446883056,"sku":"2940148888505","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148888505_p0.jpg?v=1763709984","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148888505","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}