State collapse, insurgency, and counterinsurgency lessons from Somalia - Pham, John-Peter (United States Army War College Press, 2013)
"November 2013."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 56-70)
Introduction -- Identity and legitimacy among the Somali -- From union to fragmentation : a brief history of modern Somalia -- The failure of the transitional federal government -- AMISOM : peacekeepers with no peace to keep -- The Islamist insurgents -- The Somalia that works : "bottom-up" versus "top-down" -- Famine changes the game? -- AMISOM turns the tide, al-Shabaab mutates -- Another Somali government -- A lesson about legitimacy and the limits of military force in counterinsurgency -- Conclusion