The Coast of Dictatorship The Somali Experience Ghalib, Mohamed Jama

Lilian Barber Press
Year of publishing: 1995
Place of publishing: New York
ISBN: 0936508329
Language: English
Series: first

Navzdory několikaměsíční vojenské intervenci Spojených států v Somálsku ví většina Američanů jen velice málo o jejich příčinách. Autor poskytuje zajímavé vysvětlení politických a sociálních faktorů, které byly důsledkem hladomoru a občanské války v Somálsku v 90.letech. Přibližuje čtenáři příběhy vesnického pastevce velbloudů, policejního důstojníka a nakonec ministra vlády, a tak podává bezprostřední zprávu o tom, jak diktatura pohltila celou zemi na dvacet let a nakonec skončila povstáním a občasnkou válkou, do které musely zasáhnout jednotky OSN. Autor vypráví příběh, který je typický pro mnoho afrických režimů: korupci, intriky a bezohlednosti vůči lidským potřebám.

Despite months of direct U.S. military presence in Somalia, most Americans know little about the forces that occasioned intervention. Ghalib provides an illuminating account of the political and social factors that resulted in famine and civil war in Somalia in the 1990s. Working his way from rural camel herder to clerk, police officer, and eventually cabinet minister, he provides a first-hand account of how dictatorship consumed the country for two decades, ending in rebellion and the civil war into which U.N. troops stepped. Ghalib tells a story typical of many African regimes, detailing the corruption, intrigue, and disregard for the needs of most people.

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