TY  - BOOK
AU  - Breen,Bob
ED  - Australia.
TI  - Australian Force Somalia: 1992-1993 
T2  - Australian Army campaign series
SN  - 9781922615183
U1  - 363.34988 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Newport, NSW
PB  - Big Sky Publishing Pty Ltd
KW  - United Nations
KW  - Peacekeeping forces
KW  - Somalia
KW  - Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993
KW  - International relief
KW  - Australia
KW  - Armed Forces
KW  - Foreign service
KW  - Relations
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1960-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-199) and index
N2  - In 1992, civil war, drought and economic collapse left four million Somalis destitute, displaced and starving.  Twenty-six nations sent their young men and women to make sure that food reached those who needed it.  Australia joined this international 'coalition of the willing' with the Australian Force Somalia comprised of a 1,000-strong battalion group based on 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment from the 3rd Brigade in Townsville as well as a small national liaison headquarters from 1st Division in Brisbane.  Opposing the US-led Unified Task Force were Somali warlords and their militia armies that had been pillaging humanitarian aid and terrorising the Somali population during a bloody civil war
ER  -