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America at war since 1945 politics and diplomacy in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan

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Main Author: Donaldson, Gary (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Carrel Books 2016
Subjects:
Korean War, 1950-1953
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Afghan War, 2001-
United States > history, military > 20th century
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989
United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Korea
  • Origins and involvement
  • Across the parallel and into stalemate
  • Changing objectives and the accordion war
  • Fighting while negotiating
  • Part II. Vietnam
  • Postwar politics, foreign policy, and the French interlude
  • The long road to intervention: Vietnam policy under Eisenhower and Kennedy
  • The legacy passes to Johnson
  • Johnson's fall and Nixon's rise
  • The last act
  • Part III. America in the Middle East
  • The First Gulf War: background for conflict
  • "The liberation of Kuwait has begun"
  • Desert Storm: the air war
  • Desert Storm: the ground war and the triumph of lessons learned
  • Afghanistan and Iraq, post 9/11.

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