Contributors to this book, many of whom are policy-makers who were in either Mogadishu or Washington during the Somalian relief missions, examine the US-led intervention and draw lessons for future peace-keeping operations. Many aspects of peace-making are analyzed.

Part 1 Legal Aspects of Intervention -- 1 Failed Visions and Uncertain Mandates in Somalia -- 2 The Restoration of the Somali Justice System -- 3 International Peacebuilding and the Dynamics of Local and National Reconciliation in Somalia -- Part 2 Economic Aspects of Intervention -- 4 Somali Land Resource Issues in Historical Perspective -- 5 Humanitarian Relief Intervention in Somalia -- Part 3 Military Aspects of Intervention -- 6 The Relationship Between the Military and Humanitarian Organizations in Operation Restore Hope -- 7 Foreign Military Intervention in Somalia -- 8 The Experience of European Armies in Operation Restore Hope -- Part 4 Decisionmaking During Intervention -- 9 U.S. Government Decisionmaking Processes During Humanitarian Operations in Somalia -- 10 Relations Between the United States and United Nations in Dealing with Somalia -- 11 Congress and the Somalia Crisis -- Part 5 Conclusions -- 12 Rekindling Hope in UN Humanitarian Intervention -- 13 The Lessons of Somalia for the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy -- 14 Somalia and the Future of Humanitarian Intervention