Valpolini, Paolo. "Somali Baptism for Latest Italian Army Hardware," International Defense Review 26 (September 1993), pp. 733734.

Van Dyk, Ted. "Washington Watch," Financial World vol 162 no 22 (9 November 1993), p. 18.

[Haiti, Bosnia and Somalia are all distractions to Clinton's domestic agenda.]

Vassallucci, Jean-Louis. "La Somalie du Nord reprend sa liberté: La sécession après la guerre," Jeune Afrique no 1589 (Du 12 au 18 juin 1991), pp. 22-23.

ibid. "Divorce à la somalienne," Jeune Afrique no 1588 (Du 5 au 11 juin 1991), p. 11.

[Both articles discuss the 17 May 1991 declaration of independence by Somaliland.]

Venter, Al. "Testing the waters: United Nations Operation in Somalia leads the way towards more African 'rescue missions'," International Defense Review vol 26 (May 1993), pp. 360-363.

Verdery, Katherine. "Whither 'Nation' and 'Nation-alism'? Dædalus (Summer 1993), pp. 37-46.

Vitalis, Robert. "The Democratization Industry and the Limits of the New Interventionism," Middle East Report nos. 187-188 (March-June 1994), pp. 46-50.

[No specific note of Somalia. Takes USAID to task for its democratization techniques.]

Vogt, Margaret A. "Demobilisation in Somalia: Problems and Prospects ," Life & Peace Review vol 8 no 4 (1994), pp. 26-29.

[Prof. Vogt served as demobilization officer with UNOSOM in Mogadishu.]

Vollmann, William. "Letter from Somalia: Killing Time with the Widowmakers," Esquire (May 1993), pp. 63-65.

[A day and a night with a Marine platoon in Mogadishu.]

Volman, Daniel. "Africa and the New World Order," The Journal of Modern African Studies vol 31, no 1 (March 1993), pp. 1-30.

[Includes a useful discussion of the background to the deployment of Operations Restore Hope. He quotes some helpful material from President Clinton's pre-Inaugural speeches on Somalia and Africa.]