Vietnam in Iraq
Subtitle: tactics, lessons, legacies and ghosts
By: edited by John Dumbrell and David Ryan
Contributors: Dumbrell, John, 1950-; Ryan, David, 1965-
Series: Contemporary security studies
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780415405621; 9780415405638; 9780203967652
Subjects: National security -- United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Iraq War, 2003-; World politics -- 1945-1989; World politics -- 1989-; United States -- Military policy; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
Description: More than most post-1970 conflicts involving US forces, the conflict in Iraq has been fought against a background of frequently invoked memories from the era of the Vietnam War. The essays in this book offer a series of perspectives on connections and parallels between the Vietnam War and the 2003 invasion of, and current conflict in, Iraq. In particular, the volume examines the impact of the Vietnam analogy on the war in Iraq, assesses, the military tactical lessons learned from the Vietnam War and explores the influence and persistence of its legacy in US politics, culture and diplomacy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-230) and index
Table of contents: title: The final chapter? : the Iraq War and the end of history / Lloyd C. Gardner; title: The Vietnam laugh track / Marilyn B. Young; title: Unraveling the domestic foreign policy consensus : presidential rhetoric, American public opinion, and the wars in Vietnam and Iraq / Richard A. Melanson; title: Iraq and Vietnam : military lessons and legacies / Richard Lock-Pullan; title: 'A national symphony of theft, corruption and bribery' : anatomy of state building from Iraq to Vietnam / James M. Carter; title: 'Vietnam', victory culture and Iraq : struggling with lessons, constraints and credibility from Saigon to Falluja / David Ryan; title: Europe's Vietnam syndrome : America and the quagmire of Iraq / Jon Roper; title: No more Vietnams : Iraq and the analogy conundrum / Trevor B. McCrisken; title: Vietnam and Iraq : strategy, exit and syndrome / John Mueller; title: Falling dominoes : the United States, Vietnam and the war in Iraq / Matthew Masur; title: The Iraq and Vietnam wars : some parallels and connections / John Dumbrell