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| Title | : | Strategic Shortfall: The Somalia Syndrome and the March to 9/11 (Praeger Security International) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.94 (652 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0275993620 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 185 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-30 |
| Language | : | English |
Robert G. He is coeditor of the Praeger Security International series Ethics of American Foreign Policy.. Patman is professor of politics and director of international studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand
This 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.• 15 illustrations
"Highly Recommended" according to Sam Murray. I found Prof Robert Patman's latest book 'Strategic Shortfall' to be an excellent enriching read. The book is very well written and researched; including crucially interviews with key administration figures. In the book Prof Patman argues that the world did not radically change on September 11 2001 rather it had been changing since the end of the Cold War and American policy had struggled to adapt. American policy making was still largely tied to a realist view of the world where nation states are the dominant actors and the role of globalisation and non-government organisations, such as Al Qaeda, is downplayed. Altho. "In search of a good editor" according to J. V. Robinson. Patman's book is not an easy read,and as I ploughed through it I thought, rather wistfully, that publishers these days all too often seem to have given up supporting specialist non-fiction authors with capable and hard nosed editing.Patman has put much effort into detailed source research in support of his thesis. He makes a good case that conflicting and changing US foreign policy aims amongst the Military and Executive leaders which were triggered and brought into focus by the military debacle in Somalia led Osama Ben Laden and Al Qeada to believe the US was vulnerable, bringing on terrorism with 9/11 and the curren
General readers and lower-division undergraduate students." - Choice. "Recommended
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