This volume traces the entire conflict from Saddam Hussein's rise to power, decades before the war started, to the war's lingering effects today.
Taking full account of the factors beyond the control of the U.S. military and avoiding glib comparisons with Vietnam, the author examines how the American approach to the war in...
... European' also in his exhortations to the Europeans to adapt their military resources to the needs of a new NATO ... expeditionary forces that the crises in the Balkans necessitated from 1995 onwards. In fact, NATO had a long and stormy ...
A look at the Iraq War, which was fought from 2003-2011. Almost 4,500 American soldiers died during the war, and another 33,000 were wounded. Over 110,000 Iraqis, both soldiers and civilians, would eventually die in the fighting also.
While the war in Afghanistan saw most industrial countries back the US-led campaign, the subsequent war in Iraq has profoundly divided international opinion, and likely represents a watershed in the...
Ideal for general readers as well as professionals conducting extensive research, this informative book offers a collection of documents on the origins and conduct of the Iraq War.
Exploring the key historical, political, and social underpinnings, James DeFronzo analyzes the impact of this defining war in the Middle East. The Iraq War explains the compelling and interrelated sociological...
Examines the range of explanations of the conflict, as well as its significance for the Middle East, for key international relationships, and for the future of the international system. The...