Douglas A. Borer

Superpowers Defeated (eBook, PDF)

Vietnam and Afghanistan Compared

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

During the Cold War, military conflicts in Vietnam and Afghanistan validated the importanct of war in global power dynamics. But military intervention proved not to be politically sustainable for the USA and the USSR. This study investigates the parallels and differences in the two conflicts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136316579
• Artikelnr.: 38261600

Autorenporträt

Douglas A. Borer

Inhaltsangabe

Military "Expertly comparing the impact of military intervention on the
domestic political legitimacy and international credibility of the
superpowers, the author helps the reader to gain a better understanding of
these wars as very similar but quite different events." Millenium "Borer
provides a thoughtful and informative comparison, leading to a stronger
understanding, of the Vietnam and Afghan Wars" Indochina Chronology
"challenges the widely held notion that there is great parallelism between
the two wars" American Historical Review "will command attention for both
Cold War scholars and International Historians" "the first comprehensive
comparative study of the Vietnam and Afghan conflicts... it is a piece of
scholarship that deserves to be read and debated widely" - Journal of Cold
War Studies