Robert G. Patman 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 Ethics of American Foreign Policy.

"Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduate students." - Choice

• Foreword by Martin N. StantonPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. The New Global Context and the Disintegration of the Somali State2. About Face: President Bush's Decision to Intervene in Somalia3. A Shattered Hope: The U.S.-UN Intervention in Somalia4. What If? The Alternative History of Australian Involvement in Somalia5. The Somalia Syndrome and the Rise of al Qaeda6. Too Little Too Late: Clinton's Growing Fears about al Qaeda and the Long Shadow of the Somalia Syndrome7. What Threat? Bush's Retreat to the Mogadishu Line and the Countdown to the 9/11 Attacks8. Conclusion: America's Strategic ShortfallNotesIndex

Robert G. Patman 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 Ethics of American Foreign Policy.

"Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduate students." - Choice

• Foreword by Martin N. StantonPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. The New Global Context and the Disintegration of the Somali State2. About Face: President Bush's Decision to Intervene in Somalia3. A Shattered Hope: The U.S.-UN Intervention in Somalia4. What If? The Alternative History of Australian Involvement in Somalia5. The Somalia Syndrome and the Rise of al Qaeda6. Too Little Too Late: Clinton's Growing Fears about al Qaeda and the Long Shadow of the Somalia Syndrome7. What Threat? Bush's Retreat to the Mogadishu Line and the Countdown to the 9/11 Attacks8. Conclusion: America's Strategic ShortfallNotesIndex

Robert G. Patman 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 Ethics of American Foreign Policy.

"Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduate students." - Choice

• Foreword by Martin N. StantonPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1. The New Global Context and the Disintegration of the Somali State2. About Face: President Bush's Decision to Intervene in Somalia3. A Shattered Hope: The U.S.-UN Intervention in Somalia4. What If? The Alternative History of Australian Involvement in Somalia5. The Somalia Syndrome and the Rise of al Qaeda6. Too Little Too Late: Clinton's Growing Fears about al Qaeda and the Long Shadow of the Somalia Syndrome7. What Threat? Bush's Retreat to the Mogadishu Line and the Countdown to the 9/11 Attacks8. Conclusion: America's Strategic ShortfallNotesIndex