Black Hawk Up: The Forgotten American Success Story in Somalia - Dominic Tierney - International - The Atlantic

Black Hawk Up: The Forgotten American Success Story in Somalia - Dominic Tierney - International - The Atlantic:

But the popular view of Somalia as a catastrophe is mistaken. Errors were made and there were very real costs. But, overall, it was a heroic mission that saved thousands of lives. Skewed perceptions proved disastrous, searing humanitarian intervention with the mark of Cain, and sapping the will to fight genocide the following year in Rwanda.