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<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><b>Vietnam in Iraq</b> will be of great interest for all students an

Who reads Vietnam In Iraq: Tactics, Lessons, Legacies And Ghosts; Ed. By John Dumbrell?

Author

David Ryan; John Dumbrell

Publisher

Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781134135271

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, History, Military