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by Lloyd C. Gardner| 2007| 2.6| English

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Leading historians tease out the connections between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War–and point to the many lessons that went unlearned. and “All the wrong people remember Vietnam. I think all the people who remember it should forget it, and all the people who forgot it should remember it.–Michael Herr, author of DispatchesFrom the launch of the and “Shock and Awe and ” invasion in March 2003 through President George W. Bush’s declaration of and “Mission Accomplished and ” two months later, the war in Iraq was meant to demonstrate definitively that the United States had learned the lessons of Vietnam. This new book makes clear that something closer to the opposite is true–that U.S. foreign policy makers have learned little from the past, even as they have been obsessed with the and “Vietnam Syndrome. and “Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam brings together the country’s leading historians of the Vietnam experience. Examining the profound changes that have occurred in the country and the military since the Vietnam War, celebrated historians Marilyn B. Young and Lloyd Gardner have assembled a distinguished group to consider how America has again found itself in the midst of a war in which there is no chance of a speedy victory or a sweeping regime change.Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam explores how the and “Vietnam Syndrome and ” fits into the contemporary debate about the purpose and exercise of American power in the world. With contributions from some of the most renowned analysts of American history and foreign policy, this is an essential recovery of the forgotten and misbegotten lessons of Vietnam. Contributors include: Christian Appy, AndrewJ. Bacevich, Alex Danchev, David Elliott, Elizabeth L. Hillman, Gabriel Kolko, Walter LaFeber, Gareth Porter, John Prados.

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Author:Lloyd C. Gardner
Publication Year:2007
ISBN:9781595581495
Language:English
File Size:2.6
Format:PDF
Price:FREE
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