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Understanding the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan / edited by Beth Bailey and Richard H. Immerman.

Contributor(s): Publisher: New York : New York University Press, 2015Description: ix, 366 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781479871438 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 9781479826902 (pb : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 956.7044/3 23
LOC classification:
  • DS79.76 .U5323 2015
Contents:
Introduction / Beth Bailey and Richard H. Immerman -- Part I. The wars and their origins -- The wars' entangled roots: regional realities and Washington's vision / Michael A. Reynolds -- 9/11: Bush's response / Terry H. Anderson -- Part II. The possibilities and limits of American military and diplomatic strategy -- Intelligence and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan / Richard H. Immerman -- Assessing strategic choices in the War on Terror / Stephen Biddle and Peter D. Feaver -- Military strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq: learning and adapting under fire at home and in the field / Conrad Crane -- Human rights as a weapon of war / Jonathan Horowitz -- Part III. Waging and the wages of war -- The combatants' experiences / Lisa Mundey -- Fighting (against) the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan / David Farber -- Limited war in the age of total media / Sam Lebovic -- "Watching war made us immune": the popular culture of the wars / Andrew C. McKevitt -- Part IV. Lessons and legacies -- Veterans' readjustment after the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars / David Kieran -- The lessons and legacies of the War in Iraq / Robert K. Brigham -- The lessons and legacies of the War in Afghanistan / Aaron B. O'Connell.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks DS79.76 .U5323 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001393700

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Beth Bailey and Richard H. Immerman -- Part I. The wars and their origins -- The wars' entangled roots: regional realities and Washington's vision / Michael A. Reynolds -- 9/11: Bush's response / Terry H. Anderson -- Part II. The possibilities and limits of American military and diplomatic strategy -- Intelligence and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan / Richard H. Immerman -- Assessing strategic choices in the War on Terror / Stephen Biddle and Peter D. Feaver -- Military strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq: learning and adapting under fire at home and in the field / Conrad Crane -- Human rights as a weapon of war / Jonathan Horowitz -- Part III. Waging and the wages of war -- The combatants' experiences / Lisa Mundey -- Fighting (against) the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan / David Farber -- Limited war in the age of total media / Sam Lebovic -- "Watching war made us immune": the popular culture of the wars / Andrew C. McKevitt -- Part IV. Lessons and legacies -- Veterans' readjustment after the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars / David Kieran -- The lessons and legacies of the War in Iraq / Robert K. Brigham -- The lessons and legacies of the War in Afghanistan / Aaron B. O'Connell.

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