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Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Vietnam's Prodigal Heroes examines the critical role of desertion
in the international Vietnam War debate. Paul Benedikt Glatz traces
American deserters' odyssey of exile and activism in Europe, Japan,
and North America to demonstrate how their speaking out and
unprecedented levels of desertion in the US military changed the
traditional image of the deserter.
How is foreign policy made in Iraq? Based on dozens of interviews
with senior officials and politicians, this book provides a clear
analysis of the development of domestic Iraqi politics since 2003.
Zana Gulmohamad explains how the federal government of Iraq and
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have functioned and worked
together since toppling Saddam to reveal in granular detail the
complexity of their foreign policy making. The book shows that the
ruling elites and political factions in Baghdad and in the capital
of the Kurdistan Region, Erbil, create foreign policies according
to their agendas. The formulation and implementation of the two
governments' foreign policies is to a great extent uncoordinated.
Yet Zana Gulmohamad places this incoherent model of foreign policy
making in the context of the country's fragmented political and
social context and explains how Iraq's neighbouring countries -
Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Syria before the civil war - have
each influenced its internal affairs. The book is the first study
dedicated to the contemporary dynamics of the Iraqi state - outside
the usual focus on the "great powers" - and it explains exactly how
Iraqi foreign policy is managed alongside the country's economic
and security interests.
Winner of the World War One Historical Association's 2021 Norman B.
Tomlinson, Jr. Prize Global War, Global Catastrophe presents a
history of the First World War as an all-consuming industrial war
that forcibly reshaped the international environment and, with it,
impacted the futures of all the world's people. Narrated
chronologically, and available open access, the authors identify
key themes and moments that radicalized the war's conduct and
globalized its impact, affecting neutral and belligerent societies
alike. These include Germany's invasion of Belgium and Britain's
declaration of war in 1914, the expansion of economic warfare in
1915, anti-imperial resistance, the Russian revolutions of 1917 and
the United States' entry into the war. Each chapter explains how
individuals, communities, nation-states and empires experienced,
considered and behaved in relationship to the conflict as it
evolved into a total global war. Above all, the book argues that
only by integrating the history of neutral and subject communities
can we fully understand what made the First World War such a
globally transformative event. This book offers an accessible and
readable overview of the major trajectories of the global history
of the conflict. It offers an innovative history of the First World
War and an important alternative to existing belligerent-centric
studies. The ebook editions of this book are available open access
under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
The aircraft carrier USS Forrestal was preparing to launch
attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired
a rocket into an aircraft occupied by pilot John McCain. A huge
fire ensued, and McCain barely escaped before a 1,000-pound bomb on
his plane exploded, causing a chain reaction with other bombs on
surrounding planes. The crew struggled for days to extinguish the
fires, but, in the end, the tragedy took the lives of 134 men. For
thirty-five years, the terrible loss of life has been blamed on the
sailors themselves, but this meticulously documented history shows
that they were truly the victims and heroes.
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