Black Hawk Down (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Mark Bowden
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1993
- Setting: Mogadishu, Somalia
- Principal Characters: George Bush, Mohammed Farah Aidid, Mike Durant
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Violence, Death or dying, Military life or service, 1990’s, Battles
- Locales: Mogadishu, Somalia
In December, 1992, then U.S. president George Bush authorized the deployment of U.S. forces in a humanitarian mission to Somalia in eastern Africa. The purpose of this mission, Operation Restore Hope, was to alleviate the famine, caused by drought and aggravated by civil war, that was killing between one thousand and three thousand Somalis every day. At first, American forces were greeted warmly by the Somalis, and the mission seemed to be achieving its goals. By the summer of 1993, however, the operation had been expanded in an attempt to create political stability in this chaotic...
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