Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam: Or, How Not to Learn from the Past

Young, Marilyn B.

ISBN 10: 1595581499 / ISBN 13: 9781595581495

Editore: New Press, 2007

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Riassunto:

Draws parallels between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War while examining significant changes in the country and military since the Vietnam War, arguing that the first conflict's lessons have been ignored by today's leaders while asserting that the Iraq War is unlikely to be resolved quickly or effectively.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Lloyd C. Gardner is professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including The Long Road to Baghdad, Three Kings, The Road to Tahrir Square, and Killing Machine, and a co-editor, with Marilyn B. Young, of The New American Empire and Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam, all published by The New Press. He lives in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

Marilyn B. Young was a professor of history at New York University. She was a co-editor (with Lloyd C. Gardner) of The New American Empire: A 21st Century Teach-In on U.S. Foreign Policy and Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam: Or, How Not to Learn from the Past and (with Yuki Tanaka) of Bombing Civilians: A Twentieth-Century History, all published by The New Press.

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Titolo: Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam: Or, How Not...
Casa editrice: New Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2007
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket