Vietnam in Iraq : tactics, lessons, legacies and ghosts / edited by John Dumbrell and David Ryan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dumbrell, John, 1950-

Ryan, David, 1965-

Series:

Contemporary security studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National security--United States.

National security.

United States.

United States--Military policy.

Military policy.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

World politics--1945-1989.

World politics.

World politics--1989-.

Physical Description:

xi, 240 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Contents:

The final chapter? : the Iraq War and the end of history / Lloyd C. Gardner

The Vietnam laugh track / Marilyn B. Young

Unraveling the domestic foreign policy consensus : presidential rhetoric, American public opinion, and the wars in Vietnam and Iraq / Richard A. Melanson

Iraq and Vietnam : military lessons and legacies / Richard Lock-Pullan

'A national symphony of theft, corruption and bribery' : anatomy of state building from Iraq to Vietnam / James M. Carter

'Vietnam', victory culture and Iraq : struggling with lessons, constraints and credibility from Saigon to Falluja / David Ryan

Europe's Vietnam syndrome : America and the quagmire of Iraq / Jon Roper

No more Vietnams : Iraq and the analogy conundrum / Trevor B. McCrisken

Vietnam and Iraq : strategy, exit and syndrome / John Mueller

Falling dominoes : the United States, Vietnam and the war in Iraq / Matthew Masur

The Iraq and Vietnam wars : some parallels and connections / John Dumbrell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-230) and index.

ISBN:

0415405629

0415405637

0203967658

OCLC:

69594019