Somalia Links

Official Websites

• United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for Somalia
• Somali Peace Conference

Un-Official Websites

• goobjoog.com
• WardheerNews
• Somalia Watch

Website Directories

• Somalia @ Political Resources on the Net
• ACG Somalia Page
• Somalia and Somalia Land @ Columbia University

Map Resources

• Somalia Maps @ NewAfrica.com
• Somalia Maps @ Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

Other Resources

• Somalia Page @ All Africa.com
• Somalia @ War-torn Societies Project
• Wasington Post: World Reference -- Somalia
• BBC: Country Profile -- Somalia
• Blackhawk Down By Mark Bowden Philadelphia Inquirer November 1997 -- Sunday, Oct. 3, 1993, attack helicopters dropped about 120 elite American soldiers into a busy neighborhood in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia.

Reports

• United Nations and Somalia
• Operations Restore Hope and Continue Hope, Somalia: A Case Study of the Medical Mission RAND MR-773-A Army Medical Support for Peace Operations and Humanitarian Assistance Lois M. Davis, Susan D. Hosek, Michael G. Tate, Mark Perry, Gerard Hepler, Paul S. Steinberg
• Peace Operations and Humanitarian Support Strategic Assessment 1996
• "Lessons From Somalia: The Dilemma of Peace Enforcement" by Major Robert D. Allen. Marine Corps University Command and Staff College [1997] Describes and contrasts the evolution of US and UN humanitarian and peace enforcement efforts in Somalia, arguing that the goals and implementation of the UNOSOM II mission were the main causes of the operations failure.
• "Somalia: Strategic Failures And Operational Successes" by Major Alan G. Hendrickson. Marine Corps University Command and Staff College [1995] A review of US efforts in Somalia.
• "Somalia: Humanitarian Success And Political/Military Failure" by Major L. M. Martin, United States Marine Corps.
• "War Termination Theory in Operations Other Than War: The US Disengagement From Somalia, 1993" by Christopher E. Wittmann, United States Department of State. Marine Corps University Command and Staff College [1995] Discusses the role of War Termination Theory in evaluating peacekeeping operations and MOOTW.