Magic and Mayhem: The Delusions of American Foreign Policy from Korea to Afghanistan

by Derek Leebaert

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AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ are the latest in a string of blunders that includes Vietnam and an unintended war with China from 1950 to '53, those four fiascoes being just the worst moments in nearly a lifetime of false urgencies, intelligence failures, grandiose designs, and stereotyping of enemies and allies alike. America brought down the Soviet empire at the cold war's most dangerous juncture, but even that victory was surrounded by myths, such as the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1439125694

ISBN13:9781439125694

Release Date:September 2010

Publisher:Simon & Schuster

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.5" x 9.4"

Related Subjects

20th Century 21st Century Afghanistan Asia History Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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