Not even past : how the United States ends wars /

"Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan: Taken together, these conflicts are the key to understanding more than a half century of American military history. In addition, they have shaped, in profound ways, the culture and politics of the United States-as well as the nations in which they have been fought....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Fitzgerald, David, 1984- (Editor), Ryan, David, 1965- (Editor), Thompson, John M., 1977- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn, 2020.
Subjects:
1900-2099
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Militarism > United States.
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011.
Guerre contre le terrorisme, 2001-2009.
Militarisme > États-Unis.
HISTORY / Military / United States
Militarism.
Military policy.
Außenpolitik.
Geschichte.
Krieg.
Kriegsende.
Beispiel.
Verlauf.
Kriegsfolge.
United States > History, Military > 20th century.
United States > History, Military > 21st century.
United States > Military policy > 20th century.
United States > Military policy > 21st century.
États-Unis > Histoire militaire > 20e siècle.
États-Unis > Histoire militaire > 21e siècle.
Iraq.
United States.
Military history.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I Vietnam
  • Chapter 1 The Importance of Being Popular Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and Domestic Support for the Vietnam War
  • Chapter 2 The Things They Carry Vietnam and the Legacies of the American War
  • Chapter 3 "His Epitaph Is Also Ours" Robert McNamara, the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, and the Vietnam War's Contested Usable Past
  • Chapter 4 After the Fall of Saigon Strategic Implications of America's Involvement in Vietnam
  • Part II Iraq and Afghanistan
  • Chapter 5 The Ironies of Overwhelming "Victory" Exits and the Dislocation of the Gulf War
  • Chapter 6 Failing to End Obama and Iraq
  • Chapter 7 A "Responsible End" to the Afghan War: The Politics and Pitfalls of Crafting "Success" Narratives
  • Chapter 8 Flawed Afghanization: Underestimating and Misunderstanding the Taliban
  • Part III The Cultural and Strategic Costs of War in the Early Twenty-First Century
  • Chapter 9 Changing the Subject How the United States Responds to Strategic Failure
  • Chapter 10 How Wars Do Not End The Challenges for Twenty-First Century US Foreign Policy and Intervention
  • Chapter 11 Coming Home Soldier Homecomings and the All-Volunteer Force in American Society and Culture
  • Chapter 12 How the United States Ends Wars
  • Index

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