Understanding the U.S. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan /
"Understanding the United States' wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is essential to understanding the United States in the first decade of the new millennium and beyond. These wars were pivotal to American foreign policy and international relations. They raised critical ethical and legal questi...
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New York University Press,
[2015]
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Table of 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 C. 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.