Understanding the U.S. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan /

Understanding the U.S. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan / / ed. by Beth Bailey, Richard H. Immerman.

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Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2016Investigates the causes, conduct, and consequences of the recent American wars in Iraq and AfghanistanUnderstanding the United States’ wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is essential to understanding the United States in the first decade of the new millennium and b...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
MitwirkendeR:
Anderson, Terry H.,
Bailey, Beth,
Biddle, Stephen,
Brigham, Robert K.,
Crane, Conrad C.,
Farber, David,
Feaver, Peter D.,
Horowitz, Jonathan,
Immerman, Richard H.,
Kieran, David,
Lebovic, Sam,
McKevitt, Andrew C.,
Mundey, Lisa,
O’Connell, Aaron B.,
Reynolds, Michael A.,
HerausgeberIn:
Bailey, Beth,
Immerman, Richard H.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Wars and Their Origins
  • 1. The Wars’ Entangled Roots: Regional Realities and Washington’s Vision
  • 2. 9/11: Bush’s Response
  • Part II. The Possibilities and Limits of American Military and Diplomatic Strategy
  • 3. Intelligence and the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
  • 4. Assessing Strategic Choices in the War on Terror
  • 5. Military Strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq: Learning and Adapting under Fire at Home and in the Field
  • 6. Human Rights as a Weapon of War
  • Part III. Waging and the Wages of War
  • 7. The Combatants’ Experiences
  • 8. Fighting (against) the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
  • 9. Limited War in the Age of Total Media
  • 10. “Watching War Made Us Immune”: The Popular Culture of the Wars
  • Part IV. Lessons and Legacies
  • 11. Veterans’ Readjustment after the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
  • 12. The Lessons and Legacies of the War in Iraq
  • 13. The Lessons and Legacies of the War in Afghanistan
  • Timeline
  • Glossary
  • Notable Persons
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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