Stability operations in Somalia 1992-1993 : a case study / Glenn M. Harned.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Harned, Glenn M., 1950- author.

Contributor:

Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, issuing body.

Army War College (U.S.). Press, publisher.

Series:

PKSOI papers

PKSOI paper

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations. Unified Task Force Somalia--Case studies.

United Nations.

United Nations. Unified Task Force Somalia.

Political stability--Somalia--Case studies.

Political stability.

Somalia--History--20th century.

Somalia.

Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993--Case studies.

Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993.

Intervention (International law)--Case studies.

Intervention (International law).

United States--Armed Forces--Somalia--Case studies.

United States.

United States--Armed Forces--Operations other than war--Case studies.

Military assistance, American--Somalia.

Military assistance, American.

Humanitarian assistance, American--Somalia.

Humanitarian assistance, American.

Armed Forces.

Armed Forces--Operations other than war.

Genre:

Case studies.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Carlisle Barracks, PA : United States Army War College Press, 2016.

Summary:

Operation RESTORE HOPE, a U.S.-led peace enforcement operation conducted in Somalia under United Nations (U.N.) auspices from December 1992 to May 1993, offers many lessons that are applicable to a range of possible challenges in the future. Unlike peacekeeping operations, which rely on the consent and good will of the parties to a dispute, peace enforcement operations involve the show or use of military force in an armed conflict to separate combatants and create, maintain, or reinstate a cease-fire. The Joint Force conducts these operations with limited or no consent by the warring parties. Peace enforcement operations are inherently joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational in nature. They require close cooperation with nongovernmental organizations and the civil society of the host nation. Peace enforcement is complex and one of the most difficult and challenging missions. It warrants heightened study by national security professionals. Every military operation is unique. Nevertheless, Operation RESTORE HOPE deserves study as an example of how to conduct a complex joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational stability operation to achieve limited objectives. The operation embodied the current principles of joint operations even before the Joint Force codified them. UNITAF demonstrated how the introduction of overwhelming combat power, and its measured use, could dramatically change the conditions in a failed or failing state. The operation set a high standard for political-diplomatic-military-humanitarian cooperation and unity of effort. A study of the operation suggests that a "bottom up" approach to restoring civil institutions and infrastructures may be more effective in the short term and an excellent complement to a "top down" approach focused on restoring a central government. The operation highlighted the inability of the U.N. to lead a peace enforcement operation without a capable lead nation.

Contents:

Foreword.

About the author.

Introduction.

Background and strategic conditions for the operation.

Geography.

Economy.

Civil Society.

European colonization.

Trust territory and independence.

Somali Democratic Republic.

Somali rebellion.

Operation EASTERN EXIT.

Civil war and anarchy.

Drought and famine.

Early United Nations efforts.

United Nations Operation in Somalia 1 (UNOSOM I).

Operation PROVIDE RELIEF.

Operational environment.

Somali opposition.

Infrastructure.

Health conditions.

Political implimations.

Strategic guidance.

The U.S. decision to intervene.

The U.N. decision to expand UNOSOM.

Planning and preparation.

Mission statement.

U.S. Joint Task Force organization.

Concept of operations.

Humanitarian relief sectors.

Rules of engagement.

Deployment and intervention.

Phase I, establishing the lodgment area.

Unified Task Force (UNITAF).

Phase II, securing the major relief.

Distribution centers.

Phase III, stabilizing the area of operations.

Political-military operations.

Disarmament.

Reconciliation.

Internal security.

Civil-military operations.

Psychological operations.

Stabilization in the sectors.

Redeployment and rotation.

Phase IV, transition to UNOSOM II.

Initial transition planning.

The change in U.S. administrations.

The U.N. transition plan.

The actual transition.

Aftermath.

Assessment and insights.

Peace enforcement oeprations.

Political-diplomatic-military cooperation.

Transitional governance versus nation-building.

"Mission creep".

The political impact of U.N. failusre.

Conclusion.

Appendices.

Notes:

"July 2016."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (PKSOI, viewed August 18, 2016).

OCLC:

956958420