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Cornell University Press Welcome to the Suck
Book SynopsisOur collective memories of World War II and Vietnam have been shaped as much by memoirs, novels, and films as they have been by history books. In Welcome to the Suck, Stacey Peebles examines the growing body of contemporary war stories in prose, poetry, and film that speak to the American soldier's experience in the Persian Gulf War and the Iraq War. Stories about war always encompass ideas about initiation, masculinity, cross-cultural encounters, and trauma. Peebles shows us how these timeless themes find new expression among a generation of soldiers who have grown up in a time when it has been more acceptable than ever before to challenge cultural and societal norms, and who now have unprecedented and immediate access to the world away from the battlefield through new media and technology.Two Gulf War memoirs by Anthony Swofford (Jarhead) and Joel Turnipseed (Baghdad Express) provide a portrait of soldiers living and fighting on the cusp of the major political and teTrade ReviewRemarkable literature and film are beginning to emerge from both the Persian Gulf War and the Iraq War. Peebles explores the new landscape of such works.... Along the way, the author demarcates the new digital battlefield—blogs and Skype—that should reduce alienation but paradoxically call it into heightened relief. Part of the context of these works is the cynicism of the soldiers whose first political memory is, as Peebles puts it, an image of Monica Lewinsky, but who are still idealistic as they enter the war. This classic disjuncture empowers these works and transforms the destruction, waste, stupidity, and disillusionment that are part of all wars into powerful, moving art. Summing Up: Highly recommended for all readers. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Lines of Sight: Watching War in Jarhead and My War: Killing Time in Iraq2. Making a Military Man: Iraq, Gender, and the Failure of the Masculine Collective3. Consuming the Other: Blinding Absence in The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell and Here, Bullet4. One of U.S.: Combat Trauma on Film in Alive Day Memories and In the Valley of ElahConclusionBibliography Notes Index
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Cornell University Press Everyday Life in the North Korean Revolution
Book SynopsisKim examines the revolutionary events that shaped people's lives in the development of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.Trade Review[On] the whole Kim's argument that the revolution was largely home-grown remains convincing. Especially fascinating are her chapters on the role of women in the revolution, and her exploration of the autobiographies that all adult North Koreans had to draft to show how their individual life stories fitted within the larger framework of Korea’s recent history and the revolution. -- Michael Rochlitz * Europe-Asia Studies *Kim's work stays focused on various 'everyday' people as examples of how the North Korean revolution enabled regular peasants to build a new socialist modernity uniquely theirs. The author relies on oral histories and archival sources to bring these marginalized histories to light. Kim is well read across Korean, Russian, and Chinese sources as well as scholarship on North Korea. Her innovative approach is... a step forward from the typical Cold War approach.... Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *Kim's book is a pioneering contribution to the articulation of a new paradigm. Putting it even more directly, she provides fresh, and often compelling, answers to a most fundamental question: How should the history of North Korea be written, especially in the aftermath of the Cold War? Suzy Kim has written an important book that deserves to be read widely by historians of North Korea, as well as by those of comparative communism and revolutionary processes. * Journal of Korean Studies *Concisely establishing the various lacunae and epistemological ossifications that hamstring studies of North Korea, this book makes a persuasive case for the significance of its subject. Kim argues that the everyday, especially in the formative years of the nation-state (1945–1950), posited a space for contestation, contingency, and construction by both state and society, which led to the formation of what she calls 'socialist modernity.'... Kim deftly mobilizes a range of materials, including statistics, photos, interviews, and official reports.... This is in many ways a pioneering work, the first analysis of North Korean social history in its formative years. Argued with finesse and supported by rich empirical research, it is undoubtedly an invaluable resource for all who are interested in the history of North Korea, everyday forms of socialism, and social history. -- Hyung-Gu Lynn * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Revolutions in the Everyday2. Legacies: Fomenting the Revolution3. Three Reforms: Initiating the Revolution4. The Collective: Enacting the Revolution5. Autobiographies: Narrating the Revolution6. Revolutionary Motherhood: Gendering the Revolution7. "Liberated Space": Remembering the RevolutionConclusionAppendix: Sample CurriculaNotes Index
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Cornell University Press War and Shadows
Book SynopsisGustafsson's rich ethnographic research explores the world of spirit possession in Vietnam, focusing on the source of the pain, the physical and mental anguish the spirits bring, and various attempts to ameliorate their anger through ritual offerings.Trade ReviewIn this engrossing account of spirit-possession illness caused by war ghosts in and around Ha Noi, Mai Lan Gustafson demystifies what are often perceived as mystical experiences without reducing them entirely to well-worn conceptual tropes. No doubt the book's greatest strength can be found in the vibrant and sympathetic ethnography of the wide cast of social actors involved in spirit possession. One theme that emerges as the book progresses involves the connections between angry ghosts and their victims as ways for the living to process wartime experiences, whether their own or not, through idioms of kinship, suffering, and social and moral responsibility. War and Shadows is a pleasure to read and a success in its own right. The book is also a clear introduction and guide to many issues salient to Vietnam Studies and would be an excellent teaching resource for lower and upper division courses on Vietnam. -- Allen L. Tran * Journal of Vietnamese Studies *The work is a straightforward discussion of a phenomenon evidently experienced by hundreds of people. The narratives supplied by Gustaffson's informants are allowed to stand on their own, supplemented by contextual information that positions them in the broader framework of contemporary Vietnamese social life...Human relationships and human conflicts are given new meaning by the supernatural, and the presence of spiritual phenomena in daily life forces the engagement of individuals, families, and nations with the very real and very pressing legacies of violence. * Journal of Folklore Research *Table of Contents1. The Problem2. Foundations3. Revelations4. The Living and the Dead5. Afterlives6. Problem Solving7. "Superstition" in a Secular State8. Revivals9. ConclusionEpilogueAppendix 1: Table of SufferingAppendix 2: Chronology oft he WarNotesReferencesIndex
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Cornell University Press Channels of Power
Book SynopsisWhen President George W. Bush launched an invasion of Iraq in March of 2003, he did so without the explicit approval of the Security Council. His father''s administration, by contrast, carefully funneled statecraft through the United Nations and achieved Council authorization for the U.S.-led Gulf War in 1991. The history of American policy toward Iraq displays considerable variation in the extent to which policies were conducted through the UN and other international organizations.In Channels of Power, Alexander Thompson surveys U.S. policy toward Iraq, starting with the Gulf War, continuing through the interwar years of sanctions and coercive disarmament, and concluding with the 2003 invasion and its long aftermath. He offers a framework for understanding why powerful states often work through international organizations when conducting coercive policies-and why they sometimes choose instead to work alone or with ad hoc coalitions. The conventional wisdom holds that becauseTrade ReviewThompson's books adds to the small but growing body of work addressing why powerful countries would channel foreign policies through IOs. A major strength of Channels of Power is that it pays serious attention to theory development, generating falsifiable hypotheses about state behavior and international reaction to activity at the Security Council. Channels of Power is very well written and researched and its an important contribution to the literature on international organizations and security policy. -- Terrence Chapman * Political Science Quarterly *Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. The Power of International Organizations IOs and Information Transmission Statecraft and IOs The United Nations and the Legitimation of Force Case Selection and OutlineChapter 2. Coercion, Institutions, and Information The Politics and Costs of Coercion Institutions and Information Coercion through IOs Two Pathways of Information Transmission Institutional Variation and the Security Council Alternative Arguments Observable Implications and Research DesignChapter 3. The Security Council in the Gulf War, 1990–1991 Background and Events Choosing (How) to Intervene Signaling Intentions to State Leaders Transmitting Policy Information to Foreign Publics Assessing the Role of LegitimacyChapter 4. Coercive Disarmament: The Interwar Years Channeling Power between the Wars The Postwar Honeymoon Cracks in the Coalition The Decline of UN Inspections Desert Fox and Its Aftermath The Evolution of U.S. Coercive Strategy Reviving Inspections: A Divided CouncilChapter 5. The Second Iraq War: Down the UN Path, 2002–2003 From September 11 to Iraq Appealing to the General Assembly Back to the Council: Resolution 1441 Renewed Inspections A Second Resolution? Explaining U.S. MotivationsChapter 6. The Second Iraq War: Bypassing the Security Council Was It a "Unilateral" Policy? The Costs of Working through the UN Sensitivity to IO Constraints Regional Options: Constrained Forum Shopping International Reactions to Iraq 2003 The International Political Costs of the WarChapter 7. Conclusion: How the Security Council Matters Multilateralism in U.S. Foreign Policy Beyond the Superpower The Security Council as a Political InstitutionAppendix: Selected Security Council ResolutionsBibliography Index
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Cornell University Press Hardhats Hippies and Hawks
Book SynopsisIn the popular imagination, opposition to the Vietnam War was driven largely by college students and elite intellectuals, while supposedly reactionary blue-collar workers largely supported the war effort. In Hardhats, Hippies, and Hawks, Penny Lewis challenges this collective memory of class polarization. Through close readings of archival documents, popular culture, and media accounts at the time, she offers a more accurate counter-memory of a diverse, cross-class opposition to the war in Southeast Asia that included the labor movement, working-class students, soldiers and veterans, and Black Power, civil rights, and Chicano activists. Lewis investigates why the image of antiwar class division gained such traction at the time and has maintained such a hold on popular memory since. Identifying the primarily middle-class culture of the early antiwar movement, she traces how the class interests of its first organizers were reflected in its subsequent forms. The founding Trade ReviewAs Penny Lewis argues and persuasively demonstrates in this theoretically and methodologically innovative book, 'working-class opposition to the war was significantly more widespread than is remembered, and parts of the movement found roots in working-class communities and politics.' She therefore sets out to revise the distorted history of the anti-war movement and then to explain theoretically why this belief has persisted for such a long time. -- David Ryan * International Affairs *On rare occasions, something enters one's mental universe so radiant that it lights up the whole mind, burning away what now seem like intellectual preoccupations of vastly less import. Such was my experience consumed by Hardhats, Hippies, and Hawks, a book worthy of regard as an instant classic on literature on the American experience of the Vietnam War and for an audience far beyond academia. * The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics, and Culture *This book offers a powerfully argued response to a thesis about working-class conservatism and the Vietnam War that posits that members of the working class were so alienated by hippie protestors' appearance, tactics, and lack of patriotism that they rallied around the U.S. flag and supported the war more than their middle-class fellow citizens did. Penny Lewis demonstrates that 'working-class opposition to the war was significantly more widespread than is remembered' and that 'the greatest support for the war came from the privileged elite, despite the visible dissent' of some of its members.... Methodologically responsible and exhaustively researched, Hardhats, Hippies, and Hawks is an indispensable contribution to scholarship about the domestic debates surrounding the Vietnam War. * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Collective Memory of Vietnam Antiwar Sentiment and ProtestPart I. The Antiwar Movement: A Liberal Elite?2. Middle Class Cultures and the Movement's Early Years3. Countercurrents in the Movement: Complicating the Class Base4. Countermemory I: "A Rich Man's War and a Poor Man’s Fight"5. Countermemory II: GIs and Veterans Join the MovementPart II. Hardhat Hawks?: Working-Class Conservatism6. Anticipation of the Class Divide7. Hardhats versus Elite Doves: Consolidation of the ImageConclusionNotes Bibliography Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Explaining Foreign Policy U.S. DecisionMaking in
Book SynopsisThoroughly updated with a new preface and a chapter on the 2003 Iraq War, Explaining Foreign Policy, already widely used in courses, will continue to be of interest to students and scholars of foreign policy, international relations, and related fields.Trade Review"Rarely does one find a book that both thoroughly presents a theoretical framework and then actually tests that framework against reality by the vigorous use of history. Steve Yetiv... has done a remarkably good job of balancing both elements in a new study of US decision-making in the first Persian Gulf War." (Perspectives on Political Science) "An important approach to analyzing complex foreign policy decision-making." (Comparative Strategy) "An impressive foreign-policy analysis of US decision-making in the Persian Gulf War... A well-researched and highly readable book." (Political Studies Review)"Table of ContentsPreface to the Second EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The United States, Iraq, and the Crisis: Some Background2. The Rational Actor Model3. A Cognitive Compass: Analogies at Work4. Constructing the Threat: Saddam the Global Menace5. Elements of Groupthink on the Road to War6. Government Politics: Not Much, Actually7. Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Evaluating the Perspectives8. Threading the Tale9. Tackling Puzzles and Developing Theory10. Understanding Government Behavior: Integrating Process, Choice, and Outcome11. Invading Iraq12. Beyond the Gulf: Foreign Policy and World PoliticsAppendix: Core InterviewsNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Nebraska Press Death Zones and Darling Spies
Book SynopsisChosen for 2015 One Book One NebraskaIn 1961, equipped with a master’s degree from famed Columbia Journalism School and letters of introduction to Associated Press bureau chiefs in Asia, twenty-six-year-old Beverly Deepe set off on a trip around the world. Allotting just two weeks to South Vietnam, she was still there seven years later, having then earned the distinction of being the longest-serving American correspondent covering the Vietnam War and garnering a Pulitzer Prize nomination.In Death Zones and Darling Spies, Beverly Deepe Keever describes what it was like for a farm girl from Nebraska to find herself halfway around the world, trying to make sense of one of the nation’s bloodiest and bitterest wars. She arrived in Saigon as Vietnam’s war entered a new phase and American helicopter units and provincial advisers were unpacking. She tells of traveling from her Saigon apartment to jungles where Wild West–styled forts first dotted Trade Review"In this powerfully plainspoken account, one of the leading female journalists of the Vietnam War relays her personal experience of the bloody conflict that divided America and changed the global political landscape. . . . Whether reporting from the ditches of the siege of Khe Sanh, detailing the harried arrival of U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, or fondly recalling her friendship with Pham Xuan An (one of the eponymous "darling spies"), Keever provides a ground-level look—by turns shrewd, lucid, and humane—of the war in Vietnam."—Publishers Weekly"Beverly Deepe Keever is a brilliant journalist, and her book is both a personal journal and a journalist's personal perspective on a long war."—Foreword Reviews "Beverly Deepe Keever does an excellent job of recounting her unique Vietnam War experiences."—Marc Leepson, Books in Review II"Keever is an excellent storyteller. . . . Death Zones & Darling Spies adds a woman's view to the many retrospectives on the Vietnam War—a war covered and perpetrated mostly by men."—Carolyn Johnsen, Lincoln Journal Star"Crisp and well-documented."—James Boylan, Columbia Journalism Review"Deepe Keever's book is an important and noteworthy addition to the literature on the Vietnam War and the media coverage of the conflict. Her firsthand experiences and reports,mixed with released government documents and historians' accounts, create a unique blend of historical analysis, which will benefit those familiar with the history of the Vietnam War as well as general audiences, including undergraduate surveys and courses."—Gerd Horten, American Journalism"Deepe gives a calm, fact-filled, eyewitness narrative of the war on the ground, as it affected ordinary families."—Michael S. Sweeney, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly"I found this to be a compelling book and highly recommend it."—Becky Faber, Nebraska History“Few correspondents engaged in the protracted, ugly war in Laos and Vietnam were as diligent and perceptive as Beverly Deepe. As energetic and intrepid as her male counterparts, she slogged through dense jungles, flooded rice fields, and thick rubber plantations, filing dispatches that shed insights on that futile conflict. Her account of that experience is authoritative, credible, lucid, vivid, and above all readable.”—Stanley Karnow, author of Vietnam: A History and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in history“Illuminating her role as the longest-serving U.S. correspondent covering the Vietnam War, Beverly Deepe Keever examines her dispatches and shows the disastrous consequences of failed policies. Her book presents the unadorned story of a young Nebraska woman who risked her life reporting on a war Americans should not have fought.”—Maurine Beasley, author of Women of the Washington Press: Politics, Prejudice, and PersistenceTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction: From Midwest Dustbowl to Mystical Vietnam1. The People's War2. Rice-Roots Reporting3. "The World's First Helicopter War"4. The Rise and Fall of Frontier Forts5. Two Ill-Fated Presidents6. "The United States Will Lose Southeast Asia"7. Americanizing the War8. Her Story as History Too9. "Destroy the Town to Save It"10. From Khe Sanh to the "Virtual Equivalent of Treason"11. Two "Darling Spies" and IAppendix 1: Author's Vietnam Articles in U.S. PublicationsAppendix 2: Author's 1966 New York Herald Tribune Series (Inserted into the Congressional Record by Senator Mike Mansfield)NotesSource AcknowledgmentsIndex
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University of Nebraska Press Desertion in the Time of Vietnam A Memoir
Book SynopsisHas taken him thirty years to come to terms with the guilt and shame of desertion.Trade Review“America lost some of its best men in the Vietnam war—including those who chose exile. . . . Jack Todd’s [voice] is a clear, brave, truthful rendition of the other experience this nation had, and we need it now more than ever.”—James Carroll, author of An American Requiem and Constantine’s Sword“This book deserves a high place in the literature of America’s war in Vietnam. Gracefully and eloquently and honestly, without falling into the traps of self-pity or misspent anger, Jack Todd has written a stunning account of his desertion from the U.S. Army in 1969. I doubt that Mr. Todd would call himself a hero—certainly most so-called ‘patriotic’ Americans would not—but having read this frank, beautiful memoir, I can think of no better term to describe a man of such incredible integrity and moral courage. In tight, powerful prose, Mr. Todd captures the terrors and doubts and humiliations that must necessarily accompany such acts of spiritual and political valor.”—Tim O’Brien, author of The Things They Carried and Going After Cacciato“Through his personal story, Todd conveys, in a voice that haunts and sings, the impact of an unpopular war on a generation of young Americans.”—Publishers Weekly“A thoughtful meditation.”—Booklist“A powerful, well-written account.”—Library Journal“From Jack Todd we come closer to understanding the terrible costs to those who stayed back and survived.”—Quill & QuireTable of Contents[no TOC]
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University of Nebraska Press Shadow of the Sword
Book SynopsisStaff Sergeant Jeremiah Workman is one of the Marine Corps's best-known contemporary combat veterans. In this searing and inspiring memoir, he tells an unforgettable story of his service overseas - and of the emotional wars that continue long after fighting soldiers come home.Trade Review“A raw, heartfelt account of how a man of valor lost his bearings and eventually found the courage to share his story.”—Bing West“Searing. . . . In its depiction of combat, Shadow of the Sword ranks with Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor.”—Wall Street Journal“This superior addition to the literature on the Iraq War is an exceptionally vivid account of combat and its aftermath. . . . Workman’s testimony gives hope that those suffering the nightmare of PTSD can free themselves sufficiently to avoid becoming additional casualties of the current war.”—Booklist“An important book about a debilitating injury that thousands of warriors struggle with each day. It is only fair that Americans understand the true costs of war. Be informed. Be inspired. Read this book.”—Wesley R. Gray, U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings magazine“A brutally honest account of Workman’s daily struggle…, which, as the author reveals, has destroyed or crippled the lives of hundreds of thousands of combat veterans of America's wars.”—James C. Roberts, Washington Times“In writing this moving and incredibly honest book, Jeremiah Workman shows as much courage as he did in Fallujah. His story gives hope to everyone who struggles that they, too, can overcome if they just keep fighting—one day at a time, one battle at a time, one victory at a time.”—Donovan Campbell, author of the New York Times bestseller Joker OneTable of ContentsForeword by Sergeant Major Carlton W. KentPrologue: Stairwell to NowherePART IChapter 1 - Reflection of the DamnedChapter 2 - The Man without a FaceChapter 3 - Mop-Up CrewChapter 4 - DiagnosisChapter 5 - A Mind at WarChapter 6 - BeaufortChapter 7 - Drug TripChapter 8 - The Last MedalChapter 9 - Ten-Step Kill ZoneChapter 10 - Break ContactPART IIChapter 11 - Link by LinkChapter 12 - DisconnectChapter 13 - Eight-Thousand-Mile Sniper ShotChapter 14 - The Ghost of Ira HayesChapter 15 - A Moment in the TroughChapter 16 - Lost MomentPART IIIChapter 17 - Return to the IslandChapter 18 - BrothersChapter 19 - Bleeding LoveChapter 20 - The Dark Side of the BrotherhoodPART IVChapter 21 - The Wrong FightChapter 22 - BootstrapsChapter 23 - Scorched EarthChapter 24 - Human BombChapter 25 - Field-Grade HeroChapter 26 - ObliterationChapter 27 - CraterscapeChapter 28 - Battlefield RequiemChapter 29 - October DawnChapter 30 - ReconstructionChapter 31 - GenerationsChapter 32 - SetbacksChapter 33 - No Higher HonorChapter 34 - February 21, 2007Epilogue: The Shadow WarFinal Notes: Fall 2008Acknowledgments
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University of Nebraska Press The Limits of Air Power The American Bombing of
Book SynopsisTracing the use of air power in World War II and the Korean War, Mark Clodfelter explains how US Air Force doctrine evolved through the American experience in these conventional wars only to be thwarted in the context of a limited guerrilla struggle in Vietnam.Trade Review"[Clodfelter] has done us all a great favor with this book because he has stimulated thinking about our past and our opportunities for the future. He has graphically told the story of political indecision in the use of military force for limited objectives."—Airpower Journal"Clodfelter's summary should be required reading for Air Force officers, politicians, and civilian theorists. Equally important, it will enlighten any citizen interested in knowing whether the Air Force is prepared to do its job."—New York Times“[The book’s] usefulness for today’s military commanders is to remind them that an initial analysis about a military campaign does not always stand the test of time. The supreme test of a strategic bombing campaign’s efficiency should be measured against a nation’s war aims and this may take some time to emerge.”—Royal Air Force/CAS Reading List"Both as an important study of the Vietnam War and as a study of the nature of modern warfare, I would heartily recommend The Limits of Air Power. "—Real Clear History
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University of Nebraska Press When We Walked Above the Clouds
Book SynopsisThe mythology of the Green Berets, of their clandestine, special operations, has been celebrated in story and song. The reality, however, could be quite different. This story of one soldier's experience, the day-to-day loss and drudgery of Green Beret H. Lee Barnes, reveals the daily grind and quiet desperation behind polished-for-public-consumption accounts of military heroics.Trade Review"When We Walked Above the Clouds was written for those who want to know what it was like to dig trenches in 110 degree heat, rip off leeches, zip a buddy inside a body bag, or pull the trigger on a complete stranger. This is what the war in Vietnam was like as told from a grunt's level. Barnes pulls no punches in his gritty account of the teammates he served with, and of those he lost, at a mountain jungle village called Tra Bong."-Lt. Col. (Ret.) Raymond C. Morris, U.S. Army Special Forces, author of The Ether Zone: U.S. Army Special Forces Detachment B-52, Project Delta -- Lt. Col. (Ret.) Raymond C. Morris "As beautifully written as it is heartbreaking, Lee Barnes's memoir probes through the conventional views of the Vietnam War and finds, amid the squalor, the banal, and the absurd in the Tra Bong action of 1966, the truly heroic."-Mary Clearman Blew, author of All but the Waltz -- Mary Clearman Blew "Lee Barnes growls his profane hymn not just to this war but to all wars. In the process, he justly scuttles Hollywood hyperbole, REMF embroidery, and self-serving short-rounds. The writing is stark. Hard. Honest. Do you and yours a favor. Own this book. You will be left with the scent of blood and cinnamon and something more: the need to shake the hand of a returning warrior."-Bill Branon, Captain (DC) USN (Ret.), author of Let Us Prey, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year -- Bill Branon "In the grand scheme of things, not much happened at Tra Bong; "the life of a trooper out here meant little, except to those who were out here." But with sharp and unsentimental prose, Barnes makes it matter a great deal. A war remembrance of beauty and unadorned brutality."-Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews "This rare look into life as a Green Beret makes a compelling read."-Joint Forces Journal Joint Forces Journal "Perhaps the best aspect of the book ... is the attention Barnes pays to the words he puts on the page. Each one carries with it a meaning and a weight that makes his story far more than a war memoir or even a coming of age story."-Caleb S. Cage, Nevada Review -- Caleb S. Cage Nevada ReviewTable of ContentsNo TOC
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University of Nebraska Press War and the Ivory Tower
Book SynopsisExplores the public role of the intellectual in times of national crisis. This book compares American responses to the Vietnam War and French responses to the Algerian War, finding many similarities in the way intellectuals voiced their outrage at the policies of their governments.Trade Review“Schalk has written a masterly work, which has stood up extraordinarily well in the years from its initial publication to this new edition, which appeared in late 2005. His careful style, thorough research, and judicious conclusions make this an excellent study of intellectual engagement. Its relevance goes beyond the crises of conscience in France and the United States over their governments' brutal wars in the Third World to the role of intellectuals in modern society. . . . As David Schalk shows us, a sensitive and forthright historian can illuminate the darkened terrain of the past and of the present.”—Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network“War and the Ivory Tower is even more timely and important than ever, and should be on every American's night table (not making for sound sleep).”—Robert O. Paxton, Historian and Professor Emeritus, Columbia“[Schalk] has written a seminal and, at times, a painfully important study of the role of intellectuals and political engagement. His narrative explores with meticulous objectivity the intellectual commitment to the national traumas of Algeria and Vietnam. . . . This book is required reading for the entire academic community.”—Choice“With its noble aim of permitting ‘amnesty without amnesia,’ Schalk’s scrupulously researched, extensively annotated, and yet readily accessible study is strongly to be recommended to all those with an interest in the history of these two conflicts.”—Modern and Contemporary France
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Stanford University Press No Miracles
Book SynopsisTrade Review"No Miracles<\i> is a readable and valuable contribution to the existing body of work about the Soviet-Afghan War. It is a must and relevant read for international security practitioners and scholars because its conclusions have implications for civil-military relations and strategy for the current war in Afghanistan, which is a protracted stalemate." -- Robert Cassidy * The Russian Review *"Fenzel's analysis offers a valuable reassessment of earlier studies....This well-researched analysis is strongly recommended to students, researchers, and policy makers—military and civilian." -- R.P. Peters * CHOICE *Table of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Introduction chapter abstractThis book analyzes the decisions made by the Soviet Politburo, which contributed to the failure of the Afghan mission, in light of these three general issues. The focus is not on the bureaucratic character of the decision-making process itself, but rather on its results: the concrete decisions that defined the USSR's Afghan policy and strategy throughout the conflict. Utilizing the minutes of Politburo meetings from the period in question (1978–1989) as a basis for evaluating the interaction between key members of the Politburo over the issue of Afghanistan provides a critical perspective on how the Soviet-Afghan War began, how it was fought, and how and why it was ultimately lost. Analyzing the war by focusing on the interrelated issues of Soviet civil-military relations, leadership instability, and concerns about prestige sheds new light on how the Soviet Union failed. 2The Soviet Failure in Afghanistan chapter abstractThe primary responsibility for Soviet failure in Afghanistan begins at the center of power in Moscow. It is essential to take account of the decisions made by Soviet political leaders before and during the war. The decision to remain in Afghanistan after achieving the initial objective of regime change in 1979 was made not by Soviet military leaders or diplomats, but by Leonid Brezhnev. Continued occupation was reaffirmed by subsequent General Secretaries until Mikhail Gorbachev finally ordered a withdrawal in February 1989. There is no current explanation for this dimension of the Soviet failure. Instead, the focus has been on specific stages of the war, from initial intervention through the occupation and withdrawal. This book makes the argument that Soviet failure at the political level was attributable to a civil-military divide, the rapid succession of leadership, and a persistent fear of damaging the USSR's international reputation. 3Setting the stage: Evolution of Party-military Relations chapter abstractIn the decades before the invasion, the Soviets over-estimated their capacity to invade Afghanistan and create a pro-Soviet government with the ability to convert the population to socialism. There seemed to be no disagreement about these goals and strategies between Soviet party leaders and the military, nor about the need to create strategic buffers on the USSR's frontiers. Soviet civil-military relations had also benefitted from a generally stable transfer of power from one General Secretary to the next, as well as the international prestige of being a superpower inherited in the wake of World War II, reinforced by nuclear weapons and an extremely powerful conventional army. The invasion of Afghanistan occurred at a time when the USSR appeared to be at the height of its military power and international influence, and at a time of generally friction-free civil-military relations. 4Getting In: Leonid Brezhnev and the Soviet Decision to Invade Afghanistan chapter abstractIn a spasm of nineteenth century geopolitical determinism, the Western media mistakenly believed that the Soviet goal in Afghanistan was either to obtain access to a warm-water port or to dominate oil interests in the Persian Gulf. Moscow's aim was actually pure cold war—-prevent Afghanistan from providing a base for American meddling in the region, or from succumbing to an Iran-style Islamic revolution that might contaminate the USSR's own Muslim population and potentially destabilize parts of the USSR. The Soviets had provided substantial foreign aid and military assistance to Afghanistan over the years, which reinforced their belief that they simply could not afford to lose the country to an Islamist revolution abetted by Washington. The Soviets did not see an independent Afghanistan as dangerous; but they expected that it would remain a stable and friendly client state that they could protect from antagonistic ideological and political influences. 5No retreatNo miracles: Brezhnev, Andropov and Chernenko in Afghanistan (1980 – 1985) chapter abstractThe instability in the Soviet system from one General Secretary to the next in 1980–1985 prevented any political or diplomatic momentum from building. The first act of each new General Secretary was not going to be bringing home the troops and accepting defeat. After five years of conflict, the damage inflicted to the Soviets' international reputation far exceeded the destruction on the ground and casualties in their ranks. The Afghanistan campaign was also having a significantly negative impact on the prestige of the Soviet Army. The Red Army lost its image of invincibility. The image of defeat slowly imprinted itself into the Soviet public mind, including the minds of soldiers and officers who served in Afghanistan. Both domestically and internationally, and in advance of the start of Gorbachev's rule, the Soviet Union suffered far beyond what they expected or yet even fully understood. 6Gorbachev's Quest for "Reluctant, Silent Agreement" to Withdraw from Afghanistan (1985) chapter abstractWhen Gorbachev took over as General Secretary in March 1985, his agenda was to modernize the Soviet economy so that the communist regime might sustain itself and its international prestige. However, before the new General Secretary could do this, he had first to resolve the situation in Afghanistan. In the wake of Chernenko's death, Gorbachev sought to re-evaluate Moscow's Afghan commitment. Disturbed by the failure of the Soviet military to consolidate gains after five years of fighting and unmet promises, he was anxious to withdraw Soviet forces. Nevertheless, he preferred to move slowly on Afghanistan, and settle into office by first dealing with other less contentious issues. He was not yet, nor could he afford to be, the visionary and radical reformer he would later become, so initially he deviated very little from existing Afghan policy and strategy. 7Getting Out: Gorbachev and the Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan (1986-1989) chapter abstractMikhail Gorbachev recognized that a Soviet military victory in Afghanistan was a chimera, and began to explore an expeditious political exit from the war. On February 26 1986, in a dramatic presentation to the 27th Soviet Communist Party Congress, Gorbachev made his case for war termination. Afghanistan, he told them, was a "bleeding wound." The protracted conflict was damaging Soviet morale and political will. The Soviet military had forced resistance fighters onto the defensive, but the political struggle for Afghanistan was irretrievably compromised. The Afghan people and international opinion unequivocally supported a resistance that, although beleaguered, endured in the mountains and villages with grim determination. He declared his intention to immediately develop a detailed timeline for withdrawal and he made clear that the Afghan government must prepare for a future without direct Soviet military assistance. The central question addressed in this chapter is: what took him so long? 8Losing Afghanistan chapter abstractBy the end of the adventure in Afghanistan, after nearly ten years of fighting, the Soviets realized that they had accomplished very little. Like the British before them, the Soviets had moved confidently into Afghanistan in order to thwart challenges from developing on the borders of their empire. They never considered the consequences of a failed invasion, indeed the decisions they made governing the war reflected confidence to the point of hubris. What was more interesting still, intervention actually degraded the political, strategic and military status of Afghanistan from Moscow's perspective, or at the very least, failed to improve it. The Soviet war proved to be a political mistake, an economic affliction, and a strategic failure, which had dire consequences in the context of a USSR in the throes of systemic failure and faltering legitimacy.
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University of Pennsylvania Press Counter Jihad
Book SynopsisCounter Jihad is a sweeping account of America''s military campaigns in the Islamic world. Revising our understanding of what was once known as the War on Terror, it provides a retrospective on the extraordinary series of conflicts that saw the United States deploy more than two and a half million men and women to fight in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. Brian Glyn Williams traces these unfolding wars from their origins in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan through U.S. Central Command''s ongoing campaign to degrade and destroy the hybrid terrorist group known as ISIS. Williams takes readers on a journey beginning with the 2001 U.S. overthrow of the Taliban, to the toppling of Saddam Hussein, to the unexpected emergence of the notorious ISIS Caliphate in the Iraqi lands that the United States once occupied.Counter Jihad is the first history of America''s military operations against radical Islamists, from the Taliban-controlled Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan, Trade Review"A superb chronicle of the campaigns to counter Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and their affiliates-by a student of, and participant in, those campaigns." * General David Petraeus, former Director of the CIA and Commander of U.S. Central Command and NATO forces in Afghanistan *"Balanced and apolitical, Williams argues that only by exploring the past can we understand the jihad, the attacks on our homeland, and the nearly sixteen years of war ranging from mountains of Afghanistan, to the sands of Iraq and Syria, and to the streets of Paris and San Bernardino, California. In this, his sixth book, Williams presents an easy-to-read narrative on the rise of ISIS, informed by his deep understanding of the Middle East and Central Asia, extensive and meticulously detailed research, and his own personal experiences while deployed to the region on many occasions." * Military Review (US Army) *"Counter Jihad is a thoroughly researched, easy to read, informative, and important book. It is a thorough accounting of how and why the United States fought (and is fighting) wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria and the key events that led to these wars." * Middle East Journal *"Although Williams presents the content with all of the rigor and discipline one would expect from an expert in this field, Counter Jihad explains this history in a way that is both interesting and understand- able to someone with minimal knowledge about the Middle East. The result is an excellent resource for the junior Airman, Marine, Sailor, or Soldier desiring to learn more about the complex world in which he or she fights. From explanations of mid-twentieth-century conflicts around Israel to an analysis of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria's (ISIS) strength in early 2016, this book offers the reader a thorough and balanced summary that is neither strictly pro-American nor pro-Middle East but pro-truth." * Air and Space Journal (US Air Force Research Institute) *"In addition to providing just the right mix of in-depth coverage and artful analysis, Brian Glyn Williams skillfully leverages his first-hand experiences in the region to breathe life into combatants from all sides as well as ordinary civilians caught up in the Iraq, Syrian, and Afghan conflicts. A must read for those seeking a balanced, behind-the-scenes explanation of the events dominating the news cycle since 9/11." * Lieutenant Colonel Mark J. Reardon (U.S. Army Retired), Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army, Operation Enduring Freedom Study Group *"A reasonable, step-by-step look back at the war on terror that aims to dispel misconceptions [and a] refreshingly nonpolemical work that walks through the benumbing stages of war and response to the present Islamic State group problem." * Kirkus Reviews *"Counter Jihad is mesmerizing, provocative, and deeply researched and informative. Brian Glyn Williams' deft and urgent storytelling takes a place alongside Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower as a must-read about the last decades' global counter-terrorism campaign. History at its very best." * Doug Stanton, New York Times-bestselling author of The Horse Soldiers *"In his latest and most ambitious book, Brian Glyn Williams examines America's epic and ongoing struggle with Islamist terrorist and insurgent groups, from 9/11 to 2016. Counter Jihad cuts through the political spin to take readers on a fascinating journey into the violent world of killer drones, tribal warlords, special forces, CIA operatives, and holy warriors." * Scott Levi, The Ohio State University *
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New York University Press Collateral Language A Users Guide to Americas
Book SynopsisTerrorism, jihad, fundamentalism, blowback. These and other highly charged terms have saturated news broadcasts and everyday conversation since September 11th. But to keen ears their meanings change depending upon who's doing the talking. So what do these words really mean? And what are people trying to say when they use them?Trade Review""Journalists are being attacked for telling the truth, for trying to tell it how it is. American journalists especially. I urge them to read a remarkable new book published by the New York University Press and edited by John Collins and Ross Glover. It's called Collateral Language and is, in its own words, intended to expose "the tyranny of political rhetoric". Its chapter titles —"Anthrax", "Cowardice", "Evil", "Freedom", Fundamentalism", "Justice", "Terrorism", "Vital Interests" and—my favourite—"The War on..." (fill in the missing country) tell it all."-" -- Robert Fisk * The Independent *""Words are weapons in our new war, and all citizens are combatants. As a dictionary of post-911 rhetoric, Collateral Language shows us why we need smart books, not smart bombs. Brilliantly conceived, this book defines the axis of intelligence." -- Amitava Kumar,author of Passport Photos and Bombay-London-New York"A bracing shot of 90-proof intellectual bourbon to counteract the slush and mush of America's post 9/11 War on Language and Reason." -- Alexander Cockburn,columnist for The Nation and coeditor of CounterPunch"The resulting book is to be warmly welcomed and slauted as a valuable contribution to a vital political debate on criminality in language in which the criminals are all too often granted impunity." * Tribune *"This leftward assault on 'the tyranny of political rhetoric used to justify America's new war [on terrorism]' is unlikely to end up on Bush administration nightstands." * Washington Post *Table of Contents1 Anthrax 2 Blowback 3 Civilization versus Barbarism 4 Cowardice 5 Evil 6 Freedom 7 Fundamentalism 8 Jihad 9 Justice 10 Targets 11 Terrorism 12 Unity 13 Vital Interests 14 The War on ______
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New York University Press Failing Our Veterans
Book SynopsisThe original 1944 G I Bill holds a special place in the American imagination. This book takes the story of veterans' politics beyond the 1944 G I Bill as he seeks to uncover the reasons why Vietnam veterans were less well compensated than their predecessors.Trade Review"Failing Our Veteransis a significant contribution to our understanding of Vietnam-era veterans benefits specifically and veterans policies generally. Boulton highlights how leaders, even well-meaning ones, have far too often sacrificed veterans benefits to other political or ideological goals.As a new generation of veterans returns home to America from war, contemporary lawmakers would be wise to heed the cautionary history presented inFailing Our Veteransand avoid making the same mistakes." * Journal of America's Military Past *"Failing Our Veterans is an outstanding legislative history of the G.I. Bill and its evolution during and after World War II. Boulton traces a clear and understandable path through a complex array of personalities and organizations involved in the public policy debate that comprised postwar veterans policy." * American Historical Review *"This book fills an important niche, helping explain the difficulties encountered by those never labeled 'the Greatest Generation'." * Choice *"Failing Our Veterans is highly recommended for scholars of modern American history and anyone looking to gain a deeper understanding of veterans affairs." * Canadian Military History *"The book is well organized and presents convincing and compelling analysis of an extremely important issue." * Register of the Kentucky Historical Society *"The shoddy treatment of our veterans is one of this nations dirtiest secrets. Mark Boulton deserves high praise for the systematic way in which he reveals how the betrayal of American veterans has been carried out through the course of numerous Presidential administrations. One can only hope that his no-holds-barred censure of callous politicians will lead to a new era, where the government that sends men and women to war acts responsibly in taking care of them once they return home. This book needs to be read by every politician who ever voted on, or ever will vote on, a veterans rights bill, and by every American who votes those politicians into office." -- Gerald Nicosia,author of Home to War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans’ Movement"With the country facing decades of costly health and service benefits for veterans of its 21st century wars, nothing could be more timely than Mark Boulton's look-back at the political, economic, and ideological battles that shaped public policies currently in place. He gives us a detailed but easy to read history with unsettling implications for our future." -- Jerry Lembcke,Associate Professor Emeritus, College of the Holy Cross"[] Failing Our Veterans makes a valuable contribution to knowledge about the Vietnam veterans experience particularly useful for researchers who specialize in Vietnam veterans, education policy and veterans readjustment providing a context for an understanding of the relevant debates about educational benefits, and showing their connectedness to the broader history of their times." * The Journal of the Historical Association *"InFailing Our VeteransMark Boulton, an assistant professor of history at Westminster College in Missouri, provides a detailed examination of the legislative history of the Veterans Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966 and subsequent bills passed between 1967 and 1974 to explain why many veteran needs were not fulfilled.Failing Our Veteransably illustrates fundamental issues remain unresolved." * The Journal of American History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ixIntroduction: "A Chance for Learning" 11. For the Wounded and the Worthy: Veterans' Benefits from the Early Republic to the Vietnam Era 192. The Clash of the Texans: The Making of the 1966 Cold War G.I. Bill 533. A Peacetime Bill for the Warrior: Shortchanging the Vietnam Vets 954. Mr. President (Have Pity on the Fighting Man): Nixon's Right Turn for America, Wrong Result for the Veterans 1195. On the Streets and in the Schools: The Veterans Come Home 1556. Denouement: Ford's War on Inflation and Teague's Last Stand 177Conclusion: "A Chance for Learning" Missed 207Notes 217Bibliography 251Index 263About the Author 273
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New York University Press Campus Wars The Peace Movement at American State
Book SynopsisExamines the change in the role of campus life in the 1960s and early 1970s and the way in which the peace campaign became a national movement. The work studies how outside forces affected the campus antiwar protests and illustrates the depth of the anguish over US involvement in Vietnam.Trade Review"At the same time that the dangerous war was being fought in the jungles of Vietnam, Campus Wars were being fought in the United States by antiwar protesters. Kenneth J. Heineman found that the campus peace campaign was first spurred at state universities rather than at the big-name colleges. His useful book examines the outside forces, like military contracts and local communities, that led to antiwar protests on campus." --Herbert Mitgang, The New York Times"Shedding light on the drastic change in the social and cultural roles of campus life, Campus Wars looks at the way in which the campus peace campaign took hold and became a national movement." --History Today "Heineman's prodigious research in a variety of sources allows him to deal with matters of class, gender, and religion, as well as ideology. He convincingly demonstrates that, just as state universities represented the heartland of America, so their student protest movements illustrated the real depth of the anguish over US involvement in Vietnam. Highly recommended." --Choice "Represents an enormous amount of labor and fills many gaps in our knowledge of the anti-war movement and the student left." --Irwin Unger, author of These United States
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New York University Press Black Sailor White Navy Racial Unrest in the
Book SynopsisIt is hard to determine what dominated more newspaper headlines in America during the 1960s and early 70s: the Vietnam War or America's racial climate. This book aims to reveal the racial unrest in the Navy during the Vietnam War era, as well as the Navy's attempts to control it.Trade ReviewU. S. Naval Historian Center historian John Darrell Sherwoods examines the racial situation in the Navy during the sixities and seventies and the Navys attempts to deal with it. * The VVA Veteran *John Darrell Sherwoods Black Sailor, White Navy is an important contribution to social/cultural military history. * The Journal of American History *Highly Recommended * The Hook *Sherwood's contribution to our understanding of the racial tension that the navy experienced as the Vietnam War ended for American troops should interest military historians and students of the Vietnam War. -- Ron Milam,Military History of the WestA well-constructed narrative that examines the origins and events of the naval version of the Civil Rights movement in the early 1970s . . . A valuable contribution to both our understanding of the dynamics of the United States Navy and the Civil Rights movement toward the end of the Vietnam War era. -- Ronald Bruce Frankum, Jr.,Millersville, Pennsylvania“ is well researched and relies heavily on primary sources, particularly from the navy. Sherwood’s main sources for the book are the JAGMAN (the Judge Advocate General’s Manual) investigations of the racial incidents. The investigations provide a detailed report of the incidents and any recommendations for corrective or disciplinary action. * Journal of American Ethnic History *In Black Sailor, White Navy John Darrell Sherwood offers an intelligent and much-needed examination of the racial turmoil in the navy in the later years of the Vietnam War. * International Journal of Maritime History *A scholarly, readable, and thought provoking account of a troubled period in American history. Readers interested in the Navy, the Vietnam conflict, and race relations will find this authoritative study invaluable. * Journal of Military History *Based on naval archives and scores of Vietnam veterans (both black and white), this book examines racial unrest in the turbulent Vietnam-era Navy and the Navy’s efforts to control it. * Columbia College Today *A valuable contribution to the growing historiography on racial and ethnic minorities in wartime. . . . Sherwoods good writing, voluminous research, and perceptive conclusions should make his book the standard treatment of its subject. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue: Storm Warning Glossary 1 The Black Sailor: Chambermaid to the Braid and Nothing More 2 Racial Unrest Strikes the Army and Marines 3 The Zumwalt Revolution 4 Kitty Hawk: The Pot Begins to Boil 5 Blow Off: The Kitty Hawk Riot 6 More Unrest: The Hassayampa Riot 7 The Sit-down Strike on the Constellation 8 Negotiations with the Protesters: A Comedy of Errors 9 The Hicks Subcommittee Hearings: Questions and Motives 10 Violence on Nearly Every Ship: Race Riots after Constellation 11 The Struggle to Eliminate Bias in the Fleet 12 From Awareness to Af?rmation Epilogue Appendix: Navy Ranks and Ratings, 1973 Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
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New York University Press Beyond the Shadow of Camptown Korean Military
Book SynopsisThrough moving oral histories, Ji-Yeon Yuh tells an important, at times heartbreaking, story of Korean military brides. She takes us beyond the stereotypes and reveals their roles within their families, communities, and Korean immigration to the U.S.Trade ReviewBy studying the lives and history of Korean & military brides, Ji-Yeon Yuh pays tribute to an important group that has not received the understanding, attention, and respect that it deserves. Full of compelling stories, Beyond the Shadow of the Camptowns is sure to inspire new ways of thinking about U.S. and especially immigration history, as well as Asian American and Asian history. -- Elaine Kim,University of California at BerkeleyBy studying the lives and history of Korean military brides, Ji-Yeon Yuh pays tribute to an important group that has not received the understanding, attention, and respect that it deserves. Full of compelling stories, Beyond the Shadow of the Camptowns is sure to inspire new ways of thinking about U.S. and especially immigration history, as well as Asian American and Asian history. -- Elaine Kim,University of California at BerkeleyJi-Yeon Yuh uses a wealth of sources, especially moving oral histories, to tell an important, at times heartbreaking, story of Korean military brides. She takes us beyond the stereotypes and reveals their roles within their families, communities, and Korean immigration to the U.S. Without ignoring their difficult lives, Yuh portrays these women's agency and dignity with skill and compassion. -- K. Scott Wong,Williams CollegeSensitive and absorbing, Beyond the Shadow of Camptown probes a little-known but fascinating aspect of Asian-American history: the lives of nearly 100,000 Korean women who married American soldiers, and often live a silent, marginal existence in the United States. Professor Yuh gives eloquent voice to these women, linking their diaspora to a gripping and original account of the often appalling circumstances of American military occupation in Korea, while also locating many heartening stories of personal empowerment and triumph over the odds. -- Bruce Cumings,author of Korea's Place in the SunWhere do marriage, diaspora, racism, and the politics of global alliances converge? In the dreams and dailiness of the thousands of Korean women living in the United States today. Ji-Yeon Yuh's engaging and revealing book shows us that by listening attentively to the Korean women married to white and black American men, we can become a lot smarter about the realities of globalized living. -- Cynthia Enloe,author of Maneuvers: the International Politics of Militarizing Women's LivesYuh has composed a complex, provocative, and compassionate portrayal of the experiences of Korean military brides from the 1950s through the 1990s. . . . Delving into how these women face isolation and alienation from both Korean and US societies because of their transnational status, Yuh's masterful history demonstrates that these women have resisted perceptions of both societies and forged communities based on their claiming Korean and US identities as Korean military brides. A wonderful resource... Highly recommended. * Choice *Beyond the Shadow of Camptown: Korean Military Brides in America, immigration historian Ji-Yeon Yuh explores how Korean women relate to American men in these cross-cultural relationships, and how the military link between the dominant U.S. and subservient Korea tends to complicate their marriages, already challenging for many other reasons, with a dose of international politics as well. * Korean Quarterly *Table of Contents1. Camptown, U.S.A. 2. American Fever 3. Immigrant Encounters: From Resistance to Survival 4. Cooking American, Eating Korean 5. Prodigal Daughters, Filial Daughters 6. Sisters Do It For Themselves: Building Community
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University of Alabama Press The Naval Air War in Korea
Book Synopsis“In The Naval Air War in Korea, Dr. Hallion has captured the fact, feeling, and fancy of a very important conflict in aviation history, including the highly significant facets of the transition from piston to jet-propelled combat aircraft.”—Norman Polmar, author of Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet, 18th Edition
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Duke University Press Americas Miracle Man in Vietnam
Book SynopsisArgues that American cultural conceptions of religion and race during the 1950s played a crucial role in framing an ideology through which U.S. policymakers understood their options in Vietnam.Trade Review“Seth Jacobs makes a seminal contribution to the study of the origins of American involvement in Vietnam. Combining prodigious research in a rich variety of primary sources, a sophisticated conceptual framework that illuminates the intersection of high politics and popular culture, and an especially engaging writing style, Jacobs fundamentally recasts how we view this critical period in the history of the Vietnam wars and the Cold War.”—Mark Bradley, author of Imagining Vietnam and America: The Making of Postcolonial Vietnam, 1919–1950“Seth Jacobs’s interesting and provocative argument adds a new interpretation to the massive literature on the United States and the path toward full deployment in Vietnam. Jacobs writes with a lively, punchy style that makes his work both entertaining and instructive.”—Michael Latham, author of Modernization as Ideology: American Social Science and ‘Nation Building’ in the Kennedy EraTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. "Colonialism, Communism, or Catholicism?": Mr. Diem Goes to Washington 25 2. "Our System Demands the Supreme Being": America's Third Great Awakening 60 3. "These People Aren't Complicated": America's "Asia" at Midcentury 88 4. "Christ Crucified in Indo-China": Tom Dooley and the North Vietnamese Refugees 127 5. "The Sects and the Gangs Mean to Get Rid of the Saint": "Lightning Joe" Collins and the Battle for Saigon 172 6. "This God-Fearing Anti-Communist": The Vietnam Lobby and the Selling of Ngo Dinh Diem 217 Conclusion 263 Notes 277 Bibliography 339 Index 367
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Duke University Press Americas Miracle Man in Vietnam
Book SynopsisArgues that American cultural conceptions of religion and race during the 1950s played a crucial role in framing an ideology through which U.S. policymakers understood their options in Vietnam.Trade Review“Seth Jacobs makes a seminal contribution to the study of the origins of American involvement in Vietnam. Combining prodigious research in a rich variety of primary sources, a sophisticated conceptual framework that illuminates the intersection of high politics and popular culture, and an especially engaging writing style, Jacobs fundamentally recasts how we view this critical period in the history of the Vietnam wars and the Cold War.”—Mark Bradley, author of Imagining Vietnam and America: The Making of Postcolonial Vietnam, 1919–1950“Seth Jacobs’s interesting and provocative argument adds a new interpretation to the massive literature on the United States and the path toward full deployment in Vietnam. Jacobs writes with a lively, punchy style that makes his work both entertaining and instructive.”—Michael Latham, author of Modernization as Ideology: American Social Science and ‘Nation Building’ in the Kennedy EraTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. "Colonialism, Communism, or Catholicism?": Mr. Diem Goes to Washington 25 2. "Our System Demands the Supreme Being": America's Third Great Awakening 60 3. "These People Aren't Complicated": America's "Asia" at Midcentury 88 4. "Christ Crucified in Indo-China": Tom Dooley and the North Vietnamese Refugees 127 5. "The Sects and the Gangs Mean to Get Rid of the Saint": "Lightning Joe" Collins and the Battle for Saigon 172 6. "This God-Fearing Anti-Communist": The Vietnam Lobby and the Selling of Ngo Dinh Diem 217 Conclusion 263 Notes 277 Bibliography 339 Index 367
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Duke University Press Tours of Vietnam
Book SynopsisIn Tours of Vietnam, Scott Laderman demonstrates how tourist literature has shaped Americans’ understanding of Vietnam and projections of United States power since the mid-twentieth century. Laderman analyzes portrayals of Vietnam’s land, history, culture, economy, and people in travel narratives, U.S. military guides, and tourist guidebooks, pamphlets, and brochures. Whether implying that Vietnamese women were in need of saving by “manly” American military power or celebrating the neoliberal reforms Vietnam implemented in the 1980s, ostensibly neutral guides have repeatedly represented events, particularly those related to the Vietnam War, in ways that favor the global ambitions of the United States.Tracing a history of ideological assertions embedded in travel discourse, Laderman analyzes the use of tourism in the Republic of Vietnam as a form of Cold War cultural diplomacy by a fledgling state that, according to one pamphlet published by thTrade Review“. . .Tours of Vietnam makes a powerful intervention into the on-going scholarly reassessment of the Vietnam wars and their memories along with providing new insight into the ways in which the practices of tourism and the employment of American power did, and do, go hand-in-hand.” - Mark Philip Bradley, H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews“Laderman succeeds in connecting the strands of diplomatic and public history in an elegantly written, approachable work.” - Kristin L. Ahlberg, The Public Historian“Tours of Vietnam is a book that overflows with good and useful questions.” - Peter Siegenthaler, Pacific Historical Review“With its extensive analysis of historical and contemporary tourism discourses and practices, this text will be of interest to a broad and interdisciplinary readership that is also concerned with the enduring exercise of US power. Laderman’s work can be situated in a longer tradition of scholarship on US memory of the ‘Vietnam War,’ though it notably ventures to the ‘other side’ to also examine Vietnamese practices of memory. . . . Tours of Vietnam is a powerful text and an unsettling reminder of how the entanglements of war, empire, and tourism continue to inform US-Vietnamese relations today.” - Christina Schwenkel, Journal of Tourism History“Tours of Vietnam is a valuable addition to the scholarship on the larger questions around the US foreign policy and the unexpectedly substantial role that presumably apolitical cultural products play in shaping national memory and global imaginations.” - Lana Lin, Left History“[T]his is an excellent revisionist interpretation of Western involvement in Southeast Asia that belongs in all library collections. Highly recommended.” - D. R. Jamieson, Choice“In this rich and nuanced work, Scott Laderman shows us how tourism and the making of empire have been inextricably linked during and after the American war in Vietnam. Whether exploring the curious efforts of the former South Vietnamese state and the American military to promote tourism as the war unfolded or interrogating how that ubiquitous traveling bible of the backpack set, the Lonely Planet guide, obscures more than it reveals about the Vietnamese past and present, Tours of Vietnam offers a powerful model for writing a new transnational history of the United States and its engagement in the wider world.”—Mark Bradley, University of Chicago“Not a rehash of old arguments, Tours of Vietnam is a stunningly original and truly twenty-first-century exploration of America’s war in Vietnam. Combining vast research, profound insights, and lucid prose, Scott Laderman gives us a multilayered, nuanced, and brilliant vision of interrelations among history, memory, foreign policy, and culture.”—H. Bruce Franklin, author of War Stars: The Superweapon and the American Imagination“Tours of Vietnam makes a powerful intervention into the on-going scholarly reassessment of the Vietnam wars and their memories along with providing new insight into the ways in which the practices of tourism and the employment of American power did, and do, go hand-in-hand.” -- Mark Philip Bradley * H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews *“Tours of Vietnam is a book that overflows with good and useful questions.” -- Peter Siegenthaler * Pacific Historical Review *“Tours of Vietnam is a valuable addition to the scholarship on the larger questions around the US foreign policy and the unexpectedly substantial role that presumably apolitical cultural products play in shaping national memory and global imaginations.” -- Lana Lin * Left History *“[T]his is an excellent revisionist interpretation of Western involvement in Southeast Asia that belongs in all library collections. Highly recommended.” -- D. R. Jamieson * Choice *“Laderman succeeds in connecting the strands of diplomatic and public history in an elegantly written, approachable work.” -- Kristin L. Ahlberg * The Public Historian *“With its extensive analysis of historical and contemporary tourism discourses and practices, this text will be of interest to a broad and interdisciplinary readership that is also concerned with the enduring exercise of US power. Laderman’s work can be situated in a longer tradition of scholarship on US memory of the ‘Vietnam War,’ though it notably ventures to the ‘other side’ to also examine Vietnamese practices of memory. . . . Tours of Vietnam is a powerful text and an unsettling reminder of how the entanglements of war, empire, and tourism continue to inform US-Vietnamese relations today.” -- Christina Schwenkel * Journal of Tourism History *Table of ContentsPrefatory Note: The Nomenclature of the Vietnam War ix Acknowledgments xiii Abbreviations and Acronyms xvii Introduction: History, Tourism, and the Question of Empire 1 1. Tourism and State Legitimacy in the Republic of Vietnam 15 2. Educating Private Ryan: Tourism and the United States Military in Postcolonial Vietnam 47 3. "They Set About Revenging Themselves on the Population": The "Hue Massacre" and the Shaping of Historical Consciousness 87 4. The New Modernizers: Naturalizing Capitalism in Doi Moi Vietnam 123 5. "The Other Side of the War": Memory and Meaning at the War Remnants Museum 151 Epilogue: Tourism and the Martial Fascination 183 Notes 189 References 249 Index 271
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Duke University Press Four Decades On
Book SynopsisHistorians, anthropologists, and literary critics examine the legacies of the Second Indochina War, or what most Americans call the Vietnam War, nearly forty years after the United States finally left Vietnam.Trade Review"Four Decades On meets the clear scholarly need for a volume that explores the aftermath of the Vietnam War in Vietnam and the United States. This strong collection of essays demonstrates that the war continued to shape critical dimensions of Vietnamese and American history after 1975 and that these postwar developments must be conceived in a transnational frame."—Mark Philip Bradley, author of Vietnam at War"Four Decades On is a most valuable collection of essays analyzing the legacies of the Second Indochina War from inside Vietnam and the United States and, in some essays, from broader transnational perspectives. Addressing film, literature, politics, memory, Agent Orange, the environment, trade, and reconciliation and its absence, this collection would make an excellent concluding assignment to any course on the Vietnam War."—Marilyn B. Young, coeditor of Bombing Civilians: A Twentieth-Century History“Libraries seeking materials involving the history of memory will not go wrong by adding this excellent book to their collections. Highly recommended.” -- C. C. Lovett * Choice *“In summary, there are a lot of good bits in Four Decades On… [T]hose seriously interested in plumbing where Vietnam is headed or where the United States has been will want to have it on a handy shelf.” -- David Brown * Contemporary Southeast Asia *“Four Decades On is a rich collection that provides insight into the complex legacies of the Viet Nam War, which manifest themselves in local, national, and global contexts. The anthology reminds us of the need for multi-lingual, multi-shore, and interdisciplinary methodologies to more fully grapple with the meaning of war.” -- Judy Tzu-Chun Wu * Journal of Military History *“Given that this volume speaks to emerging trends in the historiography of the Vietnam War and Vietnamese studies, I would highly recommend Four Decades On to academics in these respective fields, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates. . . . .These scholars also remind us that past narratives of the Vietnam War have obscured or omitted the voices and actions of the Vietnamese. Future histories must place Vietnamese and American voices in meaningful conversation, and the international lens adopted in the essays outlined above can remedy that lacunae.” -- Joshua Akers * H-War, H-Net Reviews *" . . . this collection deserves close attention from anyone seeking a better and more complete understanding of the Second Indochina War and its legacies." -- Andrew L. Johns * Journal of American History *"This outstanding collection of eleven essays . . . merit study by every citizen." -- Moss Roberts * Pacific Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: National Amnesia, Transnational Memory, and the Legacies of the Second Indochina War / Scott Laderman and Edwin A. Martini 1 1. Legacies Foretold: Excavating the Roots of Postwar Viet Nam / Ngo Vinh Long 16 2. Viet Nam and "Vietnam" in American History and Memory / Walter L. Hixson 44 3. "The Mainspring in This Country Has Been Broken": America's Battered Sense of Self and the Emergence of the Vietnam Syndrome / Alexander Bloom 58 4. Cold War in a Vietnamese Community / Heonik Kwon 84 5. The Ambivalence of Reconciliation in Contemporary Vietnamese Memoryscapes / Christina Schwenkel 103 6. Remembering War, Dreaming Peace: On Cosmopolitanism, Compassion, and Literature / Viet Thanh Nguyen 132 7. Viêt Nam's Growing Pains: Postsocialist Cinema Development and Transnational Politics / Mariam B. Lam 155 8. A Fishy Affair: Vietnamese Seafood and the Confrontation with U.S. Neoliberalism / Scott Laderman 183 9. Agent Orange: Coming to Terms with a Transnational Legacy / Diane Niblack Fox 207 10. Refuge to Refuse: Seeking Balance in the Vietnamese Environmental Imagination / Charles Waugh 242 11. Missing in Action in the Twenty-First Century / H. Bruce Franklin 259 Bibliography 297 About the Contributors 313 Index 315
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Duke University Press Four Decades On
Book SynopsisHistorians, anthropologists, and literary critics examine the legacies of the Second Indochina War, or what most Americans call the Vietnam War, nearly forty years after the United States finally left Vietnam.Trade Review"Four Decades On meets the clear scholarly need for a volume that explores the aftermath of the Vietnam War in Vietnam and the United States. This strong collection of essays demonstrates that the war continued to shape critical dimensions of Vietnamese and American history after 1975 and that these postwar developments must be conceived in a transnational frame."—Mark Philip Bradley, author of Vietnam at War"Four Decades On is a most valuable collection of essays analyzing the legacies of the Second Indochina War from inside Vietnam and the United States and, in some essays, from broader transnational perspectives. Addressing film, literature, politics, memory, Agent Orange, the environment, trade, and reconciliation and its absence, this collection would make an excellent concluding assignment to any course on the Vietnam War."—Marilyn B. Young, coeditor of Bombing Civilians: A Twentieth-Century History“Libraries seeking materials involving the history of memory will not go wrong by adding this excellent book to their collections. Highly recommended.” -- C. C. Lovett * Choice *“In summary, there are a lot of good bits in Four Decades On… [T]hose seriously interested in plumbing where Vietnam is headed or where the United States has been will want to have it on a handy shelf.” -- David Brown * Contemporary Southeast Asia *“Four Decades On is a rich collection that provides insight into the complex legacies of the Viet Nam War, which manifest themselves in local, national, and global contexts. The anthology reminds us of the need for multi-lingual, multi-shore, and interdisciplinary methodologies to more fully grapple with the meaning of war.” -- Judy Tzu-Chun Wu * Journal of Military History *“Given that this volume speaks to emerging trends in the historiography of the Vietnam War and Vietnamese studies, I would highly recommend Four Decades On to academics in these respective fields, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates. . . . .These scholars also remind us that past narratives of the Vietnam War have obscured or omitted the voices and actions of the Vietnamese. Future histories must place Vietnamese and American voices in meaningful conversation, and the international lens adopted in the essays outlined above can remedy that lacunae.” -- Joshua Akers * H-War, H-Net Reviews *" . . . this collection deserves close attention from anyone seeking a better and more complete understanding of the Second Indochina War and its legacies." -- Andrew L. Johns * Journal of American History *"This outstanding collection of eleven essays . . . merit study by every citizen." -- Moss Roberts * Pacific Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: National Amnesia, Transnational Memory, and the Legacies of the Second Indochina War / Scott Laderman and Edwin A. Martini 1 1. Legacies Foretold: Excavating the Roots of Postwar Viet Nam / Ngo Vinh Long 16 2. Viet Nam and "Vietnam" in American History and Memory / Walter L. Hixson 44 3. "The Mainspring in This Country Has Been Broken": America's Battered Sense of Self and the Emergence of the Vietnam Syndrome / Alexander Bloom 58 4. Cold War in a Vietnamese Community / Heonik Kwon 84 5. The Ambivalence of Reconciliation in Contemporary Vietnamese Memoryscapes / Christina Schwenkel 103 6. Remembering War, Dreaming Peace: On Cosmopolitanism, Compassion, and Literature / Viet Thanh Nguyen 132 7. Viêt Nam's Growing Pains: Postsocialist Cinema Development and Transnational Politics / Mariam B. Lam 155 8. A Fishy Affair: Vietnamese Seafood and the Confrontation with U.S. Neoliberalism / Scott Laderman 183 9. Agent Orange: Coming to Terms with a Transnational Legacy / Diane Niblack Fox 207 10. Refuge to Refuse: Seeking Balance in the Vietnamese Environmental Imagination / Charles Waugh 242 11. Missing in Action in the Twenty-First Century / H. Bruce Franklin 259 Bibliography 297 About the Contributors 313 Index 315
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University of Hawai'i Press In Buddhas Company Thai Soldiers in the Vietnam
Book SynopsisExplores a previously neglected aspect of the Vietnam War: the experiences of the Thai troops who served there and the attitudes and beliefs that motivated them to volunteer. It examines the experiences of Thai volunteers in their encounters with American allies, South Vietnamese civilians, and Viet Cong enemies, and demonstrates how the Thais were transformed by living amongst the modern goods and war machinery of the Americans, and by traversing the jungles and plantations haunted by indigenous spirits.
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University of Hawai'i Press Republican Vietnam 19631975
Book SynopsisEnglish-language scholarship all too often dismisses South Vietnam as an American creation, a product of US imperialism. Republican Vietnam boldly upends this depiction, exposing a diverse and dynamic portrait of the Second Republic.
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University of Missouri Press The First Infantry Division and the U.S. Army
Book SynopsisExplains the history of the 1st infantry Division from 1970 to 1991. In doing so, Gregory Fontenot’s fast-paced narrative includes elements to expand the knowledge of non-military readers. These elements include a glossary, a key to abbreviations, maps, nearly two dozen photographs, and thorough bibliography.Trade ReviewA fine and comprehensive portrait of a division in combat during the last American war of the 20th century."" - Rick Atkinson, author of The Guns in Last Light Table of Contents The First infantry Division and the U.S. Army Transformed Maps Note to the Reader Foreword Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Coming Home Chapter 2: Victory in the Cold War Chapter 3: Saddam Hussein Moves South Chapter 4: Getting There: Planes, Trains, and the Jolly Rubino Chapter 5: Heading For the Badlands Chapter 6: Alarums and Excursions: First Contact with the Enemy Chapter 7: Cue the Curtain: First Battles and Battlefield Preparation Chapter 8: Once More into the Breach Chapter 9: The March Up Country Chapter 10: Fright Night: The Attack on Objective Norfolk Chapter 11: Go for the Blue: The Way Home Chapter 12: Safwan and Home Abbreviations and Acronyms Glossary Bibliography
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Cornell University Press Vietnam and the West
Book SynopsisThis sound interpretation of Vietnamese cultural attitudes contends that a major reason for American difficulties in Viet-Nam has been the failure to appreciate how wide the gulf is between Viet-Nam and the West. Professor Smith first describes Vietnamese political and social traditions and shows how they were challenged by the West after 1858. He examines Viet-Nam''s search for independence and modernization in the first half of this century, contrasts the two governments of the partitioned country during the years 1954-1963, and stresses the critical need to reassess attitudes toward Viet-Nam. His sophisticated, ambitious survey of Viet-Nam history will have a lasting value that sets it apart from the scores of ephemeral books on this country.Trade ReviewVietnam and the West is a smart, ambitious... collection.... [that] manages to unearth nuanced historical nuggets complicating the internal/external binaries and domestic/foreign relationship perceptions of nearly all previous Vietnamese historical scholarship. * South East Asian Research *
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Briscoe Center for American History A War Remembered
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Johns Hopkins University Press Leaving without Losing
Book SynopsisAnyone concerned with the future of the War on Terror will find Katz's argument highly thought provoking.Trade ReviewAs the U.S. searches for a way forward, Katz's largely objective and thoughtful analysis offers much to consider. Publishers Weekly A fine pick for any military or political science holding. Midwest Book Review Katz offers a strong, cogent argument. Choice A model of its kind. -- Anthony Smith New Zealand International Review This slender volume is packed with many insights. A collection of short chapters, some not much longer than op-eds, reveals author Mark Katz's wisdom and prudence when it comes to the use of military power, and the need for patience and persistence when pursuing long-term objectives... His straightforward prose engages the reader in what often feels like a quiet one-on-one conversation... The book is suffused with a tone of welcome optimism, but not naivete. -- Christopher Preble Middle East Policy A well-written and well-organized presentation of possibilities and angles that counterterrorism policy makers and analysts should consider. World Future ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrologue: The Beginning of the End of the War on Terror?The War on Terror in PerspectiveThe Second Decade of the War on TerrorWhat Exactly Is the War on Terror?Understanding What Went Wrong in the First DecadeAssessing the Bush StrategyWhy Couldn't the United States Foster Democracy in Iraq?Why Couldn't the United States Foster Democracy in Afghanistan?Democratization and the Legacy of History in the Muslim WorldAssessing the Obama StrategyOpportunities after WithdrawalConsequences of Withdrawing from Iraq and AfghanistanRegional OppositionRadical RepressionRifts among the RadicalsWithdrawal Need Not Be DefeatBeyond Iraq and AfghanistanRegional and Local Conflicts in the War on TerrorThe Israeli-Palestinian ConflictIranYemenPakistanDecoupling Regional and Local Conflicts from the War on TerrorNew Factors and Broader ContextsThe Death of Osama bin LadenThe Arab SpringThe Geopolitical ContextThe Historical ContextThe Bush and Obama LegaciesWorks CitedIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Leaving without Losing
Book SynopsisAnyone concerned with the future of the War on Terror will find Katz's argument highly thought provoking.Trade ReviewAs the U.S. searches for a way forward, Katz's largely objective and thoughtful analysis offers much to consider. Publishers Weekly A fine pick for any military or political science holding. Midwest Book Review Katz offers a strong, cogent argument. Choice A model of its kind. -- Anthony Smith New Zealand International Review This slender volume is packed with many insights. A collection of short chapters, some not much longer than op-eds, reveals author Mark Katz's wisdom and prudence when it comes to the use of military power, and the need for patience and persistence when pursuing long-term objectives... His straightforward prose engages the reader in what often feels like a quiet one-on-one conversation... The book is suffused with a tone of welcome optimism, but not naivete. -- Christopher Preble Middle East Policy A well-written and well-organized presentation of possibilities and angles that counterterrorism policy makers and analysts should consider. World Future ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrologue: The Beginning of the End of the War on Terror?The War on Terror in PerspectiveThe Second Decade of the War on TerrorWhat Exactly Is the War on Terror?Understanding What Went Wrong in the First DecadeAssessing the Bush StrategyWhy Couldn't the United States Foster Democracy in Iraq?Why Couldn't the United States Foster Democracy in Afghanistan?Democratization and the Legacy of History in the Muslim WorldAssessing the Obama StrategyOpportunities after WithdrawalConsequences of Withdrawing from Iraq and AfghanistanRegional OppositionRadical RepressionRifts among the RadicalsWithdrawal Need Not Be DefeatBeyond Iraq and AfghanistanRegional and Local Conflicts in the War on TerrorThe Israeli-Palestinian ConflictIranYemenPakistanDecoupling Regional and Local Conflicts from the War on TerrorNew Factors and Broader ContextsThe Death of Osama bin LadenThe Arab SpringThe Geopolitical ContextThe Historical ContextThe Bush and Obama LegaciesWorks CitedIndex
£21.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Light It Up
Book SynopsisAn essential study for readers interested in modern warfare, policy makers, and historians of technology, war, and visual and military culture.Trade ReviewExamines how [video game] technologies have affected the training and actual fighting of U.S. marines... Pettegrew's book is filled with interesting and thought-provoking material. Foreign Affairs This book does two things: it addresses a worthwhile subject, and it makes us think. Journal of America's Military PastTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Force Projection and the Marine Eye for Battle1. Shock and Awe and Air PowerNetwork-Centric Warfare, Sensors, and Total Situational AwarenessAchieving Rapid Dominance in IraqKill Boxes, LITENING Pods, and the Third Marine Aircraft Wing"Keep Your Eyes Out," Fair Fighting, and Memories of Killing2. Of War Porn and Pleasure in KillingPornography Is the Theory, and Killing the PracticeClassic Hollywood Combat FilmsMarine Moto on YouTubeThe Iraq War on Television3. Fallujah, First to Fight, and LudologyEnder's Game and the Rise of Simulation in Military Training, 1995–2005From Combat Films to Video GamesThe Value Added to Military TrainingFighting in the Digitized Streets of Beirut4. Counterinsurgency and "Turning Off the Killing Switch"Empathy, General Mattis, and the Profound Paradox of Marine HumanitarianismHaditha, Acute Stress, and the Excesses of Occupying ForceUSMC Literary Culture and Warrior Ethos"Which Way Would You Run?"5. Posthuman WarfightingMarines in Science Fiction and in SpaceThe Postmasculinist Marines and New Optics of CombatThe Gladiator Robot and the Critique of Remote Warfare6. Synthetic Visions of WarBiopolitics and the Costs of WarDigital Culture and the Computational MarineSubjectivity Lives and DiesNotesEssay on Primary SourcesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press On Nixons Madness
Book SynopsisWas Richard Nixon actually a madman, or did he just play one?When Richard Nixon battled for the presidency in 1968, he did so with the knowledge that, should he win, he would face the looming question of how to extract the United States from its disastrous war in Vietnam. It was on a beach that summer that Nixon disclosed to his chief aide, H. R. Haldeman, one of his most notorious, risky gambits: the madman theory. In On Nixon''s Madness, Zachary Jonathan Jacobson examines the enigmatic president through this theory of Nixon''s own invention. With strategic force and nuclear bluffing, Nixon attempted to coerce his foreign adversaries through sheer unpredictability. As his national security advisor Henry Kissinger noted, Nixon''s strategy resembled a poker game in which he push[ed] so many chips into the pot that the United States'' foes would think the president had gone crazy. From Vietnam, Pakistan, and India to the greater Middle East, Nixon apTrade ReviewBrilliant, insightful, beautifully written . . . the audacious originality of On Nixon's Madness is a truly impressive feat.—Times Literary SupplementJacobson is an astute observer and a graceful writer. This brings one of America's most enigmatic presidents into sharper focus.—Publishers WeeklyTable of ContentsIntroductionPART ONE: ON ACTING1. The Acting Life of Richard Nixon2. The Sentimental Life of Richard NixonInterlude3. The Working Life of Richard NixonPART TWO: ON MADNESS4. The Madness in the Act: The First CampaignInterlude5. The Madness in the Mind: Rage and Conspiracism in the PresidentInterlude6. The Madness in Play: The Use of the "Madman Theory" in Foreign PolicyThe Madness in Control: To China and the "Indefinite Shore"Conclusion
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Temple University Press,U.S. Reencounters
Book Synopsis In Reencounters,Crystal Mun-hye Baik examines what it means to live with and remember an ongoing war when its manifestations—hypervisible and deeply sensed—become everyday formations delinked from militarization. Contemplating beyond notions of inherited trauma and post memory, Baik offers the concept of reencounters to better track the Korean War’s illegible entanglements through an interdisciplinary archive of diasporic memory works that includes oral history projects, performances, and video installations rarely examined by Asian American studies scholars. Baik shows how Korean refugee migrations are repackaged into celebrated immigration narratives, how transnational adoptees are reclaimed by the South Korean state as welcomed “returnees,” and how militarized colonial outposts such as Jeju Island are recalibrated into desirable tourist destinations. Baik argues that as the works by Korean and Korean/American artists depict t
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Temple University Press,U.S. Reencounters
Book Synopsis In Reencounters,Crystal Mun-hye Baik examines what it means to live with and remember an ongoing war when its manifestations—hypervisible and deeply sensed—become everyday formations delinked from militarization. Contemplating beyond notions of inherited trauma and post memory, Baik offers the concept of reencounters to better track the Korean War’s illegible entanglements through an interdisciplinary archive of diasporic memory works that includes oral history projects, performances, and video installations rarely examined by Asian American studies scholars. Baik shows how Korean refugee migrations are repackaged into celebrated immigration narratives, how transnational adoptees are reclaimed by the South Korean state as welcomed “returnees,” and how militarized colonial outposts such as Jeju Island are recalibrated into desirable tourist destinations. Baik argues that as the works by Korean and Korean/American artists depict t
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The University of North Carolina Press Monuments and MemoryMaking
Book SynopsisImmerses students in the conversations and controversies that emerged as the US grappled with how best to memorialize what was at the time the longest military conflict in its history. As students engage in the process of memory-making, they will work to reconcile the varied and often contradictory voices that rose up after the fall of Saigon.
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New York University Press The Intimacies of Conflict
Book SynopsisWinner, 2020 Peter C Rollins Prize, given by the Northeast Popular & American Culture AssociationEnables a reckoning with the legacy of the Forgotten War through literary and cinematic works of cultural memoryThough often considered the forgotten war, lost between the end of World War II and the start of the Cold War, the Korean War was, as Daniel Y. Kim argues, a watershed event that fundamentally reshaped both domestic conceptions of race and the interracial dimensions of the global empire that the United States would go on to establish. He uncovers a trail of cultural artefacts that speaks to the trauma experienced by civilians during the conflict but also evokes an expansive web of complicity in the suffering that they endured. Taking up a range of American popular media from the 1950s, Kim offers a portrait of the Korean War as it looked to Americans while they were experiencing it in real time. Kim expands this archive to read a robust host of fiction from US writers like SusanTrade ReviewThe Korean War is often dubbed the Forgotten War, as it took place between the two larger conflicts of World War II and the Vietnam War. Kim. Kim provides an interpretation of how this 'forgotten war' was remembered through a variety of mediums, including motion pictures and novels ... Highly recommended. * Library Journal *A learned, eloquent, and necessary account of the significance of the Korean War for race relations in the U.S. The study is remarkable for the depth and wealth of knowledge it exhibits on the cultures of this conflict, from the period of its unfolding to the present – all rendered with nuance and in Daniel Kim’s masterful style. * Josephine Park, author of Cold War Friendships: Korea, Vietnam, and Asian American Literature *Daniel Kim’s The Intimacies of Conflict provides a new approach to our understanding of the Korean War, which has been poorly remembered outside of Korea despite its devastating human losses. Working with consummate skill through novels, films, and photos, Kim approaches the war through the perspectives of Koreans, Asian Americans, and people of color, asserting throughout that the cultural memories of war belong to more than just generals, soldiers, and white men. The Intimacies of Conflict is a crucial new work in our understanding of how the Korean War continues to reverberate through history, memory, and feeling. * Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer *The book will become a must-read for all serious scholars of the Korean War. Kim’s thoughtful analysis and fluid writing help him skillfully weave together a diverse set of literary and cinematic works. With its emphasis on previously unexplored aspects of the war’s cultural legacy, The Intimacies of Conflict enables us to better understand just how profoundly the conflict reshaped the individuals and nations that fought in it. * The Journal of Asian Studies *Part of an increasingly robust turn toward the cold war in American studies, Intimacies of Conflict denies that compulsion to forget and ambitiously recuperates the importance of the Korean War in a squarely US and Asian American studies context. Woven together with muscular readings of texts, films, and memorial sites, Intimacies makes the case for rethinking the Korean War’s centrality in US racial and geopolitical projects and in Asian American postmemorial reconstitution. -- ALH Online Review * ALH Online Review *
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New York University Press The Intimacies of Conflict
Book SynopsisWinner, 2020 Peter C Rollins Prize, given by the Northeast Popular & American Culture AssociationEnables a reckoning with the legacy of the Forgotten War through literary and cinematic works of cultural memoryThough often considered the forgotten war, lost between the end of World War II and the start of the Cold War, the Korean War was, as Daniel Y. Kim argues, a watershed event that fundamentally reshaped both domestic conceptions of race and the interracial dimensions of the global empire that the United States would go on to establish. He uncovers a trail of cultural artefacts that speaks to the trauma experienced by civilians during the conflict but also evokes an expansive web of complicity in the suffering that they endured. Taking up a range of American popular media from the 1950s, Kim offers a portrait of the Korean War as it looked to Americans while they were experiencing it in real time. Kim expands this archive to read a robust host of fiction from US writers like SusanTrade Review"The Korean War is often dubbed the Forgotten War, as it took place between the two larger conflicts of World War II and the Vietnam War. Kim. Kim provides an interpretation of how this 'forgotten war' was remembered through a variety of mediums, including motion pictures and novels ... Highly recommended." * Library Journal *"A learned, eloquent, and necessary account of the significance of the Korean War for race relations in the U.S. The study is remarkable for the depth and wealth of knowledge it exhibits on the cultures of this conflict, from the period of its unfolding to the present – all rendered with nuance and in Daniel Kim’s masterful style." * Josephine Park, author of Cold War Friendships: Korea, Vietnam, and Asian American Literature *"Daniel Kim’s The Intimacies of Conflict provides a new approach to our understanding of the Korean War, which has been poorly remembered outside of Korea despite its devastating human losses. Working with consummate skill through novels, films, and photos, Kim approaches the war through the perspectives of Koreans, Asian Americans, and people of color, asserting throughout that the cultural memories of war belong to more than just generals, soldiers, and white men. The Intimacies of Conflict is a crucial new work in our understanding of how the Korean War continues to reverberate through history, memory, and feeling." * Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer *"The book will become a must-read for all serious scholars of the Korean War. Kim’s thoughtful analysis and fluid writing help him skillfully weave together a diverse set of literary and cinematic works. With its emphasis on previously unexplored aspects of the war’s cultural legacy, The Intimacies of Conflict enables us to better understand just how profoundly the conflict reshaped the individuals and nations that fought in it." * The Journal of Asian Studies *"Part of an increasingly robust turn toward the cold war in American studies, Intimacies of Conflict denies that compulsion to forget and ambitiously recuperates the importance of the Korean War in a squarely US and Asian American studies context. Woven together with muscular readings of texts, films, and memorial sites, Intimacies makes the case for rethinking the Korean War’s centrality in US racial and geopolitical projects and in Asian American postmemorial reconstitution. " -- ALH Online Review * ALH Online Review *
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New York University Press In the Shadow of the Greatest Generation
Book SynopsisLargely overshadowed by World War II's greatest generation and the more vocal veterans of the Vietnam era, Korean War veterans remain relatively invisible in the narratives of both war and its aftermath. This book deals with this war.Trade Review"[I]t is an excellent piece of work that tells an important story. Pash's book is a narrative history. She tells the story of the men and women who sacrificed for the greater good in Korea, while the rest of the Americans went about their everyday lives, and when the war was over quickly forgot about those who served. She tells the story of what citizenship used to mean in America." -- Adrian R. Lewis * Register of the Kentucky Historical Society *"I highly recommend this book to those interested in the soldiers' experience and to the general reader who might wish to learn about the harsh war that their parents or grandparents experienced.-," -- Peter S. Kindsvatter * American Historical Review *"This book is the best, but also about the first, comprehensive study of American veterans of the Korean War. It is deeply researched in primary sources . . . Clear and concise writing, sharp exposition, and keen sensitivity to issues of race, gender and class will make this book useful in the classroom." -- Bruce Cummings * The Journal of American History *"No one ever referred to our Korean War soldiers as part of the Greatest Generation; yet, their war began just five years after V-J Day, and more than 36,000 of them died in service to their country. These were truly forgotten combatants of a forgotten war, but Melinda Pash has done a brilliant job of recounting the experiences of these ordinary men and women who spent three years fighting and dying on a peninsula that most Americans could not locate on a world map and soon forgot." -- Lewis H. Carlson,author of Remembered Prisoners of a Forgotten War"Through obviously superb scholarship and imaginative analysis Melinda Pash has managed to capture the essential essence of that largely unheralded generation that fought the Korean War." -- Paul M. Edwards, Executive Director, The Center for the Study of the Korean War"Through prodigious research in archives and oral histories, Melinda Pash has given voice to the American veterans of the Korean War, men and women she calls the 'silent generation' of the 'forgotten war.' Her absorbing narrative and analytical account is filled with fascinating details about their growing up in the shadow of the World War Two Generation, their hasty mobilization and training, and tortuous combat against North Korean and Chinese forces, as well as the disappointing neglect most of them confronted upon their return home. In highly readable, flowing prose, Pash provides the authentic voices of the veterans as they recall and apprize their experiences, and with masterly skill, she imbeds their stories within historical scholarship on the Korean War and current understanding of the physical and emotional impact of war upon those who fight it." -- John Whiteclay Chambers II,editor-in-chief, The Oxford Companion to American Military History"The book is recommended to anyone who seeks further information on Korea and the lot of the American soldier. Thanks to Pash, Korean War veterans have finally been given a long-delayed acknowledgement for their sacrifices." * H-Net *"[Melinda Pash] presents fine descriptive analysis that's especially strong when discussing veterans' experiences during and after the war. Recommended for those with an interest in the war and its human dimensions, or for those new to the subject." * Library Journal *"Pashs focus on the individuals on the ground is illuminating; she is particularly effective at highlighting the important role of women in the war, as well as the successful battlefield-driven process of racial integration." * Publishers Weekly *"Dr. Pash delves deeply into the background and experiences of the Americans men and women who served during the Korean War, a much neglected subject[This book] is an essential read for those interested specifically in the Korean War or generally in how the nation goes to war." * New York Military Affairs Review *"[P]rovides a wealth of source material for future historians." * Kirkus Reviews *Table of Contents1. Timing Is Everything2. Mustering In3. You're in the Army (or Navy, Marines, or Air Force) Now!4. In Country in Korea: A War Like Any Other?5. Behind Enemy Lines6. Our Fight? Gender, Race, and the War Zone7. Coming Home8. More Than Ever a Veteran
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New York University Press Returns of War
Book SynopsisThe legacy and memory of wartime South Vietnam through the eyes of Vietnamese refugees In 1975, South Vietnam fell to communism, marking a stunning conclusion to the Vietnam War. Although this former ally of the United States has vanished from the world map, Long T. Bui maintains that its memory endures for refugees with a strong attachment to this ghost country. Blending ethnography with oral history, archival research, and cultural analysis, Returns of War considersReturns of War argues that Vietnamization--as Richard Nixon termed it in 1969--and the end of South Vietnam signals more than an example of flawed American military strategy, but a larger allegory of power, providing cover for U.S. imperial losses while denoting the inability of the (South) Vietnamese and other colonized nations to become independent, modern liberal subjects. Bui argues that the collapse of South Vietnam under Vietnamization complicates the already difficult memory of the Vietnam War, pushing for a criticaTrade ReviewErudite and edgy, it is just as certain to animate academic seminars on the legacy of wars, won or lost, for the kinds of nation-building ventures that the United States continues to pursue -- The Journal of American HistoryIn an original and important interdisciplinary feat, Long T. Bui reads the & returns of warhistories of violence that do not stand still, but instead impose debt into the present and futureof the U.S. wars in Southeast Asia through the figure of the South Vietnamese refugee. Tracing the impact of Nixons & Vietnamization throughout the period, and its resonance in the histories that follow, Bui re-centers the war away from American foreign policies and onto the refugees who carry war with them, across oceans and generations. In doing so, Bui considers the absent presence of & South Vietnam as a lost country, a failed state, a haunted archive, and an enduring object of intense attachment, with which both the United States and this refugee have yet to reckon. -- Mimi Thi Nguyen,author of The Gift of Freedom: War, Debt and Other Refugee PassagesProvocative and ambitious, this book examines the multifaceted and complex ways in which the former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) is remembered (and ‘disremembered’) in the United States. * Journal of American Ethnic History *
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University of Toronto Press Unbound in War
Book SynopsisThis book tells the story of how two of America's closest allies, Canada and Britain, have sought to reconcile their security concerns with their legal obligations during two of the most significant international conflicts since the Second World War.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction Introduction Organization of the book 2. Existing Literature, Research Design and Case Selection International law and the use of force Research design, method, and premises Case selection a) Why focus on Britain and Canada? b) Why focus on the Korean War and Afghanistan Conflict? 3. Theoretical Framework Introduction How should we conceive of international law – as rules or process? International law in the study of international relations a) Realist approaches b) Neo-liberal institutionalism c) Constructivist perspectives The “interactional” approach Positing the four roles of international law in the use of force by states 4. Britain and the Korean War Introduction Brief background to the Korean War Why Britain participated in the Korean War The four roles of international law in Britain’s use of force in Korea a) Constitutive b) Regulative c) Permissive and legitimating d) Structuring the development of new rules The understanding of international law in Britain’s use of force in Korea a) Britain’s interpretation of the Security Council resolutions on the Korean crisis b) Britain’s interpretation of Article 118 of the Geneva Convention on POWs Key findings 5. Canada and the Korean War Introduction Why Canada participated in the Korean War The four roles of international law in Canada’s use of force in Korea a) Constitutive b) Regulative c) Permissive and legitimating d) Structuring the development of new rules The understanding of international law in Canada’s use of force in Korea a) Canada’s interpretation of the Security Council resolutions on the Korean crisis b) Canada’s interpretation of Article 118 of the Geneva Convention on POWs Key findings 6. Britain and the Afghanistan Conflict Introduction Brief background to the Afghanistan Conflict The three phases of Britain’s military participation in the Afghanistan Conflict Why Britain participated in the Afghanistan Conflict The four roles of international law in Britain’s use of force in Afghanistan a) Constitutive b) Regulative c) Permissive and legitimating d) Structuring the development of new rules The understanding of international law in Britain’s use of force in Afghanistan a) Britain’s understanding of the UN Charter and NATO treaty b) Britain’s interpretation of international human rights law Key findings 7. Canada and the Afghanistan Conflict Introduction The three phases of Canada’s military participation in the Afghanistan Conflict Why Canada participated in the Afghanistan Conflict The four roles of international law in Canada’s use of force in Afghanistan a) Constitutive b) Regulative c) Permissive and legitimating d) Structuring the development of new rules The understanding of international law in Canada’s use of force in Afghanistan a) Canada’s understanding of the NATO treaty and UN Charter b) Canada’s interpretation of the Geneva Convention on POWs Key findings 8. Conclusion Summary of findings Significance of findings for theory and future research Bibliography Index
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University of Toronto Press War and Enlightenment in Russia
Book SynopsisFeaturing rare letters of recommendation and military manuals, this is the first book to explore the intersection of the European Enlightenment and the military in Russia.Trade Review"War and Enlightenment challenges the dictum about Russian backwardness. Miakinkov helps explain why and how the Russian army won repeatedly in the late eighteenth century. More broadly, the book enhances our appreciation of the cosmopolitan and variegated nature of the Enlightenment." -- Lucien Frary, Rider University * The Journal of Military History *"Serious students of Russian history, the Military Enlightenment, and the influence of Enlightenment thought will find Eugene Miakinkov's new book deserving of their careful reflection. It is a highly instructive contribution to the English-language literature on the army that stymied Frederick the Great and helped defeat Napoleon Bonaparte." -- James McIntyre, Moraine Valley Community College * Michigan War Studies Review *“Provides a much-needed revision to our understanding of the eighteenth-century Russian military.” -- Tyler Mazda, Ohio State University * H-Net Reviews: H-War *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Between Patronage and Education: The Enlightenment and the Military Pre-Intelligentsia in Catherine’s Russia 2. Favourites and Professionals: Merit, Seniority, and Advancement in Catherine’s Military 3. “We must distinguish the military establishment from other callings”: Writers and Ideas of the Russian Military Enlightenment 4. “Always remember that he is not a peasant, but a soldier”: The Enlightenment and the Shaping of Russian Soldiers 5. “Fantastic forms of folly”: Individualism and the Performance of Military Culture 6. “The gutters of the town were dyed with blood”: The Siege of Izmail, Russian Military Culture, and the Limits of the Enlightenment at War 7. “His Majesty recommends to gentlemen-officers to dress better and not to stutter”: Paul I and the Military Enlightenment Conclusion: The Legacy of the Enlightenment in Russian Military Culture Bibliography
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University of Toronto Press The Crimean War and Cultural Memory
Book SynopsisExploring the Crimean War through literature, theatre, spectacle, and visual arts, this book reveals how and why a major war was forgotten.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. À la Recherche de la guerre gagnée: Crimea, the Invisible War 3. Spectacles of War 4. Crimea: The Visible War 5. À la Recherche de la guerre oubliée: Crimea, the Forgotten War Bibliography
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University of Nebraska Press The Korean War Remembered
Book SynopsisMichael J. Devine provides a fresh, wide-ranging, and international perspective on the contested memory of the 1950–1953 conflict that left the Korean Peninsula divided along a heavily fortified demilitarized zone. His work examines “theaters of memory,” including literature, popular culture, public education efforts, monuments, and museums in the United States, China, and the two Koreas, to explain how contested memories have evolved over decades and how they continue to shape the domestic and foreign policies of the countries still involved in this unresolved struggle for dominance and legitimacy. The Korean War Remembered also engages with the revisionist school of historians who, influenced by America’s long nightmare in Vietnam, consider the Korean War an unwise U.S. interference in a civil war that should have been left to the Koreans to decide for themselves. As a former Peace Corps volunteer to Korea, a two-time senior Fulbright lecturTrade Review"Devine's book is an important piece of the history of the Korean War, East Asia and American involvement on the world stage. . . . A worthwhile consideration for reading in the coming year."—Steven L. Shields, Korea Times"Devine sheds new light on memorialization's unintended, often polarizing consequences."—J. Daley, Choice“Highly engaging. Perhaps most impressive about The Korean War Remembered is the extent of the coverage, not just over time but also geographically, with insightful sections on the People’s Republic of China and the two Koreas. Michael Devine shows an equally impressive grasp of how, say, Hollywood portrayed the war in the 1950s versus how various states, as well as the National Mall, have memorialized the conflict in recent decades.”—Steven Casey, author of Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and Public Opinion, 1950–1953“The strength of this study is the author’s effort to take a broad chronological overview that underscores change over time. While focused on the American memory of the Korean War, Michael Devine also places it in an international context.”—G. Kurt Piehler, author of A Religious History of the American GI in World War IITable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. The “Police Action” 2. Forging Memories 3. Lessons Learned 4. Memorializing across America 5. The Korean War Veterans Memorial 6. Conflicted Memories of Allies and Foes 7. Memory, Truth, and Reconciliation Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Cornell University Press The Dictators Army
Book SynopsisIn The Dictator's Army, Caitlin Talmadge presents a compelling new argument to help us understand why authoritarian militaries sometimes fight very welland sometimes very poorly. Talmadge's framework for understanding battlefield effectiveness focuses on four key sets of military organizational practices: promotion patterns, training regimens, command arrangements, and information management. Different regimes face different domestic and international threat environments, leading their militaries to adopt different policies in these key areas of organizational behavior. Authoritarian regimes facing significant coup threats are likely to adopt practices that squander the state's military power, while regimes lacking such threats and possessing ambitious foreign policy goals are likely to adopt the effective practices often associated with democracies. Talmadge shows the importance of threat conditions and military organizational practices for battlefield performance in Trade Review"The Dictator's Army is a landmark book that greatly deepens our understanding of how dictators fight wars. Students, scholars, and policymakers will all benefit from reading this important work." -- Dan Reiter, Samuel Candler Dobbs Chair of Political Science, Emory University"Through superb case comparisons Caitlin Talmadge shows carefully how military effectiveness varies, why it depends on far more than the technical factors normally considered, and especially the differences due to political and social characteristics of regimes. She takes analysis of the subject to a new level." -- Richard K. Betts, Director, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University"Understanding the military behavior of autocracies is an important topic for both policymakers and political scientists. Combining new theory with in-depth research, The Dictator's Army persuasively demonstrates how fear of domestic turmoil influences both the military organizational choices of autocrats and the success of their militaries on the battlefield. This book is a fascinating read, one that makes a significant contribution to our scholarship on military effectiveness and security studies more generally." -- Michael C. Horowitz, University of Pennsylvania"Why are some nondemocracies more effective than others on the battlefield? This question is really important for U.S. policy. In this highly original book, Caitlin Talmadge shows how the measures taken by authoritarian regimes to protect against coups makes their militaries less able to fight conventional wars." -- Theo Farrell, Head of the Department of War Studies, King's College LondonTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Puzzle of Battlefield Effectiveness1. A Framework for Explaining Battlefield Effectiveness2. Threats and Military Organizational Practices in North and South Vietnam3. Battlefield Effectiveness in North and South Vietnam4. Threats and Military Organizational Practices in Iraq and Iran5. Battlefield Effectiveness in Iraq and IranConclusion: Threats, Military Organizational Practices, and the Battlefields of the FutureNotes Index
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Cornell University Press The Statebuilders Dilemma
Book SynopsisThe central task of all statebuilding is to create a state that is regarded as legitimate by the people over whom it exercises authority. This is a necessary condition for stable, effective governance. States sufficiently motivated to bear the costs of building a state in some distant land are likely to have interests in the future policies of that country, and will therefore seek to promote loyal leaders who are sympathetic to their interests and willing to implement their preferred policies. In The Statebuilder''s Dilemma, David A. Lake addresses the key tradeoff between legitimacy and loyalty common to all international statebuilding attempts. Except in rare cases where the policy preferences of the statebuilder and the population of the country whose state is to be built coincide, as in the famous success cases of West Germany and Japan after 1945, promoting a leader who will remain loyal to the statebuilder undermines that leader's legitimacy at home.In Iraq, thrust intoTrade ReviewExplores key trade-offs between legitimacy and loyalty in state building, explaining how promoting a leader loyal to the state builder undermines that leader's legitimacy at home, and investigates armed or militarized state building through in-depth case studies of Iraq and Somalia. * JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Building Legitimate States 2. Problems of Sovereignty 3. Legitimacy and Loyalty 4. Statebuilding in Iraq 5. Statebuilding in Somalia Conclusion
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