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Tale of Two Quagmires - Iraq, Vietnam, and the Hard Lessons of War (Hardcover, annotated edition) Loot Price: R4,464
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Tale of Two Quagmires - Iraq, Vietnam, and the Hard Lessons of War (Hardcover, annotated edition): Kenneth J. Campbell, Richard...

Tale of Two Quagmires - Iraq, Vietnam, and the Hard Lessons of War (Hardcover, annotated edition)

Kenneth J. Campbell, Richard A. Falk

Series: International Studies Intensives

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There is an important debate raging about whether Iraq is becoming another Vietnam. Those who deny the similarities most vociferously are often those who know (or remember) the least about Vietnam. Kenneth Campbell knows Vietnam from his thirteen months of fighting there (he received a Purple Heart), and years of political organizing to get the United States out of the war. Here, Campbell lays out the political process of getting into, sinking deeper, hitting bottom, and finally pulling out of the Vietnam quagmire. He traces the chief lessons of Vietnam, which helped the United States successfully avoid quagmires for thirty years, and explains how neoconservatives within the Bush administration cynically used the tragedy of 9/11 to override the "Vietnam syndrome" and drag the nation into a new quagmire in Iraq. In view of where the United States finds itself today-unable to stay but unable to leave-Campbell recommends that the country rededicate itself to the essential lessons of Vietnam: the danger of imperial arrogance, the limits of military force, the importance of international and constitutional law, and the power of morality.

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Imprint: Paradigm Publications
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: International Studies Intensives
Release date: February 2007
First published: 2007
Authors: Kenneth J. Campbell • Richard A. Falk
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Edition: annotated edition
ISBN-13: 978-1-59451-351-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Armed conflict
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > Humanities > History > American history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > American history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945
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LSN: 1-59451-351-1
Barcode: 9781594513510

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