Book Report on Historical Nonfiction Novel "Black Hawk Down" about the Battle of the Black Sea in Mogadishu, Somalia. AP U.S. History

The book is based on The Battle of the Black Sea in Mogadishu, Somalia, on October 3-4, 1993. The average American may recall pictures of starving Somalis, a widespread support for assistance, and then images of dead American soldiers being dragged through the streets of Somalia. What is not well known is that when America and the United Nations sent aid, such as food supplies, it was seized by the warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. Because of his crimes against humanity, the killing of 300,000 Somalis using hunger as a weapon, American military was sent to Somalia.…