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Vietnam in Iraq: Tactics, Lessons, Legacies and Ghosts
Contributor(s): Ryan, David (Editor), Dumbrell, John (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0415405629     ISBN-13: 9780415405621
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $190.00  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2006
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Annotation: The Vietnam War has exerted a considerable influence over US foreign policy, its method of engagement, and its sense of credibility, military tactics and overall strategic initiatives since 1969. The Bush administration's intervention in Iraq 2003 departed significantly from the accumulated lessons acquired since the 1970's. Though Vietnam has been a frequent point of reference in regional conflict, various facets of that war have returned with even more frequency and persistence both within the United States, Iraq and elsewhere. This book aims:
-To examine the impact of the Vietnam analogy on the war in Iraq
-To assess the military tactical lessons that were learned from the Vietnam War
-To examine the broader strategic lessons and the US concern with their credibility in fighting 'ground wars'.
-To examine the influence and persistence of Vietnam's legacy in US politics, culture and diplomacy and its ability to continue to exert influence on Washington's tactics.
-To examine the impact of US foreign policy on both Vietnam and Iraq.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - Iraq War (2003-2011)
- History | Military - Vietnam War
- History | Military - General
Dewey: 355.033
LCCN: 2006017344
Series: Contemporary Security Studies (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.4" W x 9.24" L (1.13 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1960's
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
- Cultural Region - Middle East
- Cultural Region - Southeast Asian
- Chronological Period - 1970's
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
 
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More than most post-1970 conflicts involving US forces, the conflict in Iraq has been fought out against a background of frequently invoked memories from the era of the Vietnam War. The essays in this book offer a series of perspectives on connections and parallels between the Vietnam War and the 2003 invasion of, and conflict in, Iraq.

The contributors particularly examine the impact of the Vietnam analogy on the War in Iraq, assessing the military tactical lessons learned from the Vietnam War and exploring the influence and persistence of its legacy in US politics, culture and diplomacy. The volume holds up to original interrogation some commonly held assumptions about historical analogy, and several distinguished authorities on the Vietnam War era, in particular, offer their thoughts on the value and applicability of Vietnam-Iraq parallels. If most contributions point out some obvious dissimilarities between the two eras, notably the transformed post-Cold War international environment, the similarities, particularly those relating to the problems of cultural misunderstanding, are also apparent.

Vietnam in Iraq will be of great interest for all students and researchers of the Iraq War, strategic studies, international relations and American politics.
 
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