Losing hurts twice as bad
Subtitle: the four stages to moving beyond Iraq
By: Christopher J. Fettweis.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780393067613
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003-; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Description: "Christopher J. Fettweis, a noted professor of security studies and strategy, offers us a surprisingly positive plan for how America can overcome the national malaise that has gripped the country since our lengthy involvement in Iraq. In anticipating the return of American troops, Fettweis, drawing on rich examples from world history, informs us that America needs to prepare itself for an acrimonious period as our nation comes to terms with the larger implications of our withdrawal from Iraq. Believing that we risk a downward spiral of accusations and recriminations such as we have not seen since Vietnam, Fettweis reminds us that defeat for a great power hurts twice as much as "winning feels good.""--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Sparky's wisdom on losing; title: The Iraq syndrome : disaster and the home front; title: A republic, if they can keep it : consequences for Iraq and the Middle East; title: Iraq and the "long war"; title: The ghosts of Iraqs yet to come : a grand strategy for the twenty-first century; title: Conclusion : to end a war