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Understanding the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan /

Understanding the United States' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is essential to understanding the United States in the first decade of the new millennium and beyond. These wars were pivotal to American foreign policy and international relations. They were expensive: in lives, in treasure, and in...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bailey, Beth L., 1957- (Autor, Editor ), Immerman, Richard H. (Autor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Beth Bailey and Richard H. Immerman
  • Part I. The wars and their origins
  • The wars' entangled roots : regional realities and Washington's vision / Michael A. Reynolds
  • 9/11 : Bush's response / Terry H. Anderson
  • Part II. The possibilities and limits of American military and diplomatic strategy
  • Intelligence and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan / Richard H. Immerman
  • Assessing strategic choices in the War on Terror / Stephen Biddle and Peter D. Feaver
  • Military strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq : learning and adapting under fire at home and in the field / Conrad Crane
  • Human rights as a weapon of war / Jonathan Horowitz
  • Part III. Waging and the wages of war
  • The combatants' experiences / Lisa Mundey
  • Fighting (against) the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan / David Farber
  • Limited war in the age of total media / Sam Lebovic
  • "Watching war made us immune" : the popular culture of the wars / Andrew C. McKevitt
  • Part IV. Lessons and legacies
  • Veterans' readjustment after the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars / David Kieran
  • The lessons and legacies of the War in Iraq / Robert K. Brigham
  • The lessons and legacies of the War in Afghanistan / Aaron B. O'Connell.