Iraq and the lessons of Vietnam, or, How not to learn from the past

Publication Data

• Title Iraq and the lessons of Vietnam, or, How not to learn from the past
• Alternative Title How not to learn from the past
• Contributors Lloyd C. Gardner, Marilyn Blatt Young
• Publisher New Press
• Publication date 2007
• Publication location New York
• Language English

Contents

Parallel wars? Can "lessons of Vietnam" be applied to Iraq? / David Elliott
"I'm with you": Tony Blair and the obligations of alliance: Anglo-American relations in historical perspective / Alex Danchev
Forlorn superpower: European reactions to the American wars in Vietnam and Iraq / Wilfried Mausbach
Manufacturing the threat to justify aggressive war in Vietnam and Iraq / Gareth Porter
Wise guys, rough business: Iraq and the Tonkin Gulf / John Prados
Gulliver at bay: the paradox of the imperial presidency / Andrew J. Bacevich
Class wars / Christian G. Appy
Female shape of the all-volunteer force / Elizabeth L. Hillman
Familiar foreign policy and familiar wars: Vietnam, Iraq ... before and after / Gabriel Kolko
Mr. Rumsfield's war / Lloyd C. Gardner
Zelig in U.S. foreign relations: the roles of China in the American post-9/11 world / Walter LaFeber
Counterinsurgency, now and forever / Marilyn B. Young
Torture in the crucible of counterinsurgency / Alfred W. McCoy.

Topics

• Iraq War, 2003-
• 013689622

Iraq and the lessons of Vietnam, or, How not to learn from the past. ISBN 9781595581495. Published by New Press in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.