Title: Iraq and Vietnam
Subtitle: differences, similarities and insights
First published: 2004
Description: U.S. political and military difficulties in Iraq have prompted comparisons to the American war in Vietnam. The authors conclude that the military dimensions of the two conflicts bear little comparison. Among other things,the sheer scale of the Vietnam War in terms of forces committed and losses incurred dwarfs that of the Iraq War. They also conclude; however, that failed U.S. state-building in Vietnam and the impact of declining domestic political support for U.S. war aims in Vietnam are issues pertinent to current U.S. policy in Iraq.
Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Military policy, Iraq War, 2003-, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Places: United States
LC classification: UA23 .R346 2004