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Getting out : historical perspectives on leaving Iraq / / edited by Michael Walzer and Nicolaus Mills



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Titolo: Getting out : historical perspectives on leaving Iraq / / edited by Michael Walzer and Nicolaus Mills Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (168 p.)
Disciplina: 355.4
Soggetto topico: Disengagement (Military science)
Imperialism
Military history
Iraq War, 2003-2011
Soggetto geografico: United States Armed Forces Iraq
Soggetto non controllato: European History
History
Political Science
Public Policy
World History
Altri autori: WalzerMichael  
MillsNicolaus  
Note generali: Includes index.
"A Dissent book."
Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Michael Walzer -- No exit but victory : Britain and the American colonies / Stanley Weintraub -- America and the Philippines : the graceful withdrawal / Stanley Karnow -- India and Britain : the consequences of leaving too soon / Rajeev Bhargava -- The surprising success : the United States and Korea / Fred Smoler -- France and Algeria : claim victory and au revoir / Todd Shepard -- Vietnam and the United States : the price of intransigence / Frances FitzGerald -- The gates of Gaza and the limits of power : Israel and Gaza / Shlomo Avineri -- 9/11 and the road to Iraq / Nicolaus Mills -- The persistence of empire / David Bromwich -- Departing responsibly / Brendan O'Leary -- It isn't over / George Packer.
Sommario/riassunto: Eventually every conqueror, every imperial power, every occupying army gets out. Why do they decide to leave? And how do political and military leaders manage withdrawal? Do they take with them those who might be at risk if left behind? What are the immediate consequences of departure? For Michael Walzer and Nicolaus Mills, now is the time to ask those questions about exiting-and to worry specifically about the difficulties certain to arise as we leave-Iraq.Getting Out approaches these issues in two sections. The first, entitled "Lessons Learned," examines seven historical cases of how and how not to withdraw: Britain's departure from the American colonies and from India, the French withdrawal from Algeria, Israel's unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, and the U.S. decision to leave (or not leave) the Philippines, Korea, and Vietnam. These cases offer a comparative perspective and an opportunity to learn from the history of political and military retreats.The second section, "Exiting Iraq," begins with an introduction to just how the United States got into Iraq and continues with an examination of how the U.S. might leave from a diversity of voices, ranging from those who believe that the Iraq war has produced no real good to those who hope for a decent ending. In addition to essays by volume editors Walzer and Mills, Getting Out features contributions by Shlomo Avineri, Rajeev Bhargava, David Bromwich, Frances FitzGerald, Stanley Karnow, Brendan O'Leary, George Packer, Todd Shepard, Fred Smoler, and Stanley Weintraub.
Titolo autorizzato: Getting out  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-89703-2
0-8122-0590-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910820045903321
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