Getting out
Subtitle: historical perspectives on leaving Iraq
By: edited by Michael Walzer and Nicolaus Mills.
Contributors: Walzer, Michael.; Mills, Nicolaus.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780812242164
Subjects: Disengagement (Military science) -- Case studies; Imperialism -- Case studies; Military history; Iraq War, 2003-; Disengagement (Military science); United States -- Armed Forces -- Iraq
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Michael Walzer; title: No exit but victory : Britain and the American colonies / Stanley Weintraub; title: America and the Philippines : the graceful withdrawal / Stanley Karnow; title: India and Britain : the consequences of leaving too soon / Rajeev Bhargava; title: The surprising success : the United States and Korea / Fred Smoler; title: France and Algeria : claim victory and au revoir / Todd Shepard; title: Vietnam and the United States : the price of intransigence / Frances FitzGerald; title: The gates of Gaza and the limits of power : Israel and Gaza / Shlomo Avineri; title: 9/11 and the road to Iraq / Nicolaus Mills; title: The persistence of empire / David Bromwich; title: Departing responsibly / Brendan O'Leary; title: It isn't over / George Packer.