Sarah Phillips’ When There Was No Aid succeeds admirably in developing an innovative explanation for Somaliland’s relative peace and stability. She starts with the question: “Why did the large-scale violence end in Somaliland while continuing elsewhere in Somalia?” Her answer focuses, as many other scholars have, on the most obvious difference between them – the “virtual absence of external intervention” in Somaliland from 1991 to 1996 and the “overwhelming international attention” given to Somalia during the same time period (6).

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书评：当没有援助时：索马里兰的战争与和平

莎拉·菲利普斯（Sarah Phillips）的《何时无援》在为索马里兰的相对和平与稳定提出了创新的解释方面取得了令人钦佩的成功。她从一个问题开始：“为什么大规模暴力在索马里其他地方继续而在索马里兰结束？” 正如许多其他学者一样，她的回答集中在他们之间最明显的差异上：1991年至1996年在索马里兰的“几乎没有外部干预”和同一时期对索马里的“压倒性的国际关注”（6） 。