| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 276 pages) |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Vietnam -- Chapter 1 The Importance of Being Popular Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and Domestic Support for the Vietnam War -- Chapter 2 The Things They Carry Vietnam and the Legacies of the American War -- Chapter 3 "His Epitaph Is Also Ours" Robert McNamara, the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, and the Vietnam War's Contested Usable Past -- Chapter 4 After the Fall of Saigon Strategic Implications of America's Involvement in Vietnam -- Part II Iraq and Afghanistan -- Chapter 5 The Ironies of Overwhelming "Victory" Exits and the Dislocation of the Gulf War -- Chapter 6 Failing to End Obama and Iraq -- Chapter 7 A "Responsible End" to the Afghan War: The Politics and Pitfalls of Crafting "Success" Narratives -- Chapter 8 Flawed Afghanization: Underestimating and Misunderstanding the Taliban -- Part III The Cultural and Strategic Costs of War in the Early Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 9 Changing the Subject How the United States Responds to Strategic Failure -- Chapter 10 How Wars Do Not End The Challenges for Twenty-First Century US Foreign Policy and Intervention -- Chapter 11 Coming Home Soldier Homecomings and the All-Volunteer Force in American Society and Culture -- Chapter 12 How the United States Ends Wars -- Index |
| Summary |
"Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan: Taken together, these conflicts are the key to understanding more than a half century of American military history. In addition, they have shaped, in profound ways, the culture and politics of the United States-as well as the nations in which they have been fought. This volume brings together international experts on American history and foreign affairs to assess the cumulative impact of the United States' often halting and conflicted attempts to end wars. It offers essential perspectives on the Cold War and post-9/11 eras and explores the troubling implications of the American tendency to fight wars without end"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 14, 2020) |
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
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Militarism -- United States
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HISTORY / Military / United States
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Militarism
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Military policy
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Außenpolitik
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Geschichte
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Krieg
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Kriegsende
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Beispiel
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Verlauf
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Kriegsfolge
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History, Military -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140341
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United States -- History, Military -- 21st century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003698
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United States -- Military policy -- 20th century
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United States -- Military policy -- 21st century
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Iraq
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fitzgerald, David, 1984- editor.
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Ryan, David, 1965- editor.
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Thompson, John M., 1977- editor.
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| LC no. |
2019048670 |
| ISBN |
9781789202168 |
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1789202167 |
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