LEADER 04026oam 22005175 450 001 9910678253203321 005 20231201172634.0 010 $a9783031235559$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031235542 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-23555-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7206733 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7206733 035 $a(CKB)26183521600041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-23555-9 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926183521600041 100 $a20230228d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAfghanistan and the Vietnam syndrome $ecomparing US and Soviet wars /$fDeepak Tripathi 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (190 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$aPrint version: Tripathi, Deepak Afghanistan and the Vietnam Syndrome Cham : Springer,c2023 9783031235542 327 $aChapter 1. 9/11 Reprisal -- Chapter 2. Overreach -- Chapter 3. War On Terror -- Chapter 4. Afghan War -- Chapter 5. Iraq War -- Chapter 6. Arab Spring -- Chapter 7. Return to Kabul -- Chapter 8. Conclusion. 330 $aGreat powers have often found that military adventurism to force their will in distant lands comes with the risk of spending excessive military, economic, and moral capital to the extent that war is no longer sustainable. Written by a former BBC Afghanistan correspondent who set up the corporation?s bureau in Kabul in the early 1990s, this book draws both from scholarly knowledge as well as first-hand insights on how the Americans met that fate in Vietnam, and the Soviets and Americans in Afghanistan. America?s 1975 retreat from Vietnam was a consequential event, prompting US commentators to explain it as reluctance to get involved in foreign wars, a mindset described as the Vietnam Syndrome. As Deepak Tripathi points out, the Vietnam experience made the Americans determined to give the Soviets their own Vietnam. The 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and retreat after a decade of occupation, represented the revenge America sought. However, President George W. Bush?s decision to invade Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks was the beginning of a long military venture that ended in retreat in 2021. Addressing an academic as well as a general audience, Tripathi explores parallels between wars in Afghanistan and Vietnam, and shows how the United States and the Soviet Union met the same fate. "Anyone with an interest in world affairs should read Deepak Tripathi?s superb book Afghanistan and the Vietnam Syndrome." Richard Falk, Milbank Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton University, and Chair of Global Law, Queen Mary University of London "Combining the sharp judgments of an experienced foreign correspondent with the insights of the trained historian, Deepak Tripathi has produced an informed, insightful and wide-ranging study that helps us make sense of the challenges that both the Soviet Union and the United States encountered in Afghanistan's mountains and on Afghanistan's plains. No one will fail to benefit from reading it." William Maley, Emeritus Professor of Diplomacy, Australian National University. 606 $aAfghan War, 2001-2021$zUnited States 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$zUnited States 607 $aAfghanistan$xHistory$ySoviet occupation, 1979-1989 607 $aSoviet Union$xPolitics and government$y1945-1991 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y21st century 615 0$aAfghan War, 2001-2021 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975 676 $a958.1047 676 $a978.1045 700 $aTripathi$b Deepak$01345908 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910678253203321 996 $aAfghanistan and the Vietnam Syndrome$93071692 997 $aUNINA