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The United States has increasing global concerns for failed states because they cause instability in the international arena and could become safe havens for terrorists. Somalia is a failed state today and has received little attention. As a failed state Somalia could become that safe haven for terrorists and their networks. This paper discusses the history of Somalia, the international intervention in the 1990s, lessons learned from those operations, and a recommendation for future intervention. This paper proposes the use of a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) headed by the African Union with the assistance of the United States and the United Nations to help Somalia get back on its feet and become a functioning state. PRT were used in Afghanistan with huge success. A PRT working with the AU will help strengthen the Somali central government and its fragile peace. It would deploy a peacekeeping force to aid in mediating and observing cease-fire agreements and conducting psychological operations, to assist with the unity and reconciliation between factions, and to aid the new government develop democratic values. It is time for the international community to take notice of Somalia before it's too late. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain