US in Iraq : reliving the Vietnam syndrome?
42 p.
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| author | Lim, Johnny Cheng Chuan. |
| author2 | Kumar Ramakrishna |
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| description | 42 p. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/358282020-11-01T08:18:17Z US in Iraq : reliving the Vietnam syndrome? Lim, Johnny Cheng Chuan. Kumar Ramakrishna S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science 42 p. The war in Iraq today is a major conflict, characterized by high American fatalities, rising costs and a struggle that has no end in sight. Into its fourth anniversary in March 2007, America is assessing what would be the next best course of action. While constructive proposals have been raised and ideas thrown, this paper postulates that Iraq is doomed to fail and America would be forced to withdraw, just like how the Vietnam War was concluded in 1975. Anchoring the thesis from a counterinsurgency perspective, the paper reveals a fundamental strategic mistake that America made in the post-Vietnam era, which was to ignore the primacy of irregular wars in global conflict. Master of Science (Strategic Studies) 2010-04-23T01:46:20Z 2010-04-23T01:46:20Z 2007 2007 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/35828 application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science Lim, Johnny Cheng Chuan. US in Iraq : reliving the Vietnam syndrome? |
| title | US in Iraq : reliving the Vietnam syndrome? |
| title_full | US in Iraq : reliving the Vietnam syndrome? |
| title_fullStr | US in Iraq : reliving the Vietnam syndrome? |
| title_full_unstemmed | US in Iraq : reliving the Vietnam syndrome? |
| title_short | US in Iraq : reliving the Vietnam syndrome? |
| title_sort | us in iraq reliving the vietnam syndrome |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science |
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