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- catalog abstract ""Douglas Borer's book is an attempt to provide a greater degree of substance to the apparent truth that Vietnam and Afghanistan are analogous events, but also to explore the important differences between these two watershed events. War loss in Vietnam clearly marked the downward trajectory in the global hegemonic power of the United States, a hegemony established by its rise to superpower status after the Second World War. Likewise, Soviet war loss in Afghanistan was a factor contributing to the ending of the Cold War with the United States. While the US survived Vietnam battered but intact, the Afghan war was a significant factor in both the wholesale collapse of Soviet hegemony in eastern Europe and the destruction of the Soviet Union itself in 1991. This book explores the politics of war by focusing on the concept of political legitimacy within the domestic politics of Vietnam, Afghanistan, the USA and the USSR."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11128093.
- catalog coverage "Afghanistan History Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.".
- catalog coverage "Soviet Union Politics and government 1945-1991.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1945-1989.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Douglas Borer's book is an attempt to provide a greater degree of substance to the apparent truth that Vietnam and Afghanistan are analogous events, but also to explore the important differences between these two watershed events. War loss in Vietnam clearly marked the downward trajectory in the global hegemonic power of the United States, a hegemony established by its rise to superpower status after the Second World War. Likewise, Soviet war loss in Afghanistan was a factor contributing to the ending of the Cold War with the United States. While the US survived Vietnam battered but intact, the Afghan war was a significant factor in both the wholesale collapse of Soviet hegemony in eastern Europe and the destruction of the Soviet Union itself in 1991.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-250) and index.".
- catalog description "Maps of Afghanistan and Vietnam -- 1. Afghanistan and Vietnam in World Affairs: The Historical Background -- 2. The Origins of Superpower Intervention, 1940-55 -- 3. From Containment to Detainment: The United States in Vietnam (1956-65) and the Soviet Union in Afghanistan (1956-79) -- 4. Detainment at War: The United States in Vietnam (1965-73), the Soviet Union in Afghanistan (1980-89) -- 5. Superpowers Defeated: The Impact of War Loss at Home.".
- catalog description "This book explores the politics of war by focusing on the concept of political legitimacy within the domestic politics of Vietnam, Afghanistan, the USA and the USSR."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 261 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0714644099 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0714648515 (cloth)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass,".
- catalog spatial "Afghanistan History Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.".
- catalog spatial "Soviet Union Politics and government 1945-1991.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1945-1989.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "959.704/3373 21".
- catalog subject "DS558 .B67 1999".
- catalog subject "Vietnam War, 1961-1975 United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Maps of Afghanistan and Vietnam -- 1. Afghanistan and Vietnam in World Affairs: The Historical Background -- 2. The Origins of Superpower Intervention, 1940-55 -- 3. From Containment to Detainment: The United States in Vietnam (1956-65) and the Soviet Union in Afghanistan (1956-79) -- 4. Detainment at War: The United States in Vietnam (1965-73), the Soviet Union in Afghanistan (1980-89) -- 5. Superpowers Defeated: The Impact of War Loss at Home.".
- catalog title "Superpowers defeated : Vietnam and Afghanistan compared / Douglas A. Borer.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".