Superpowers Defeated: Vietnam and Afghanistan ComparedPsychology Press, 1999 - 261 pages During the Cold War, military conflicts in Vietnam and Afghanistan validated the importanct of war in global power dynamics. But military intervention proved not to be politically sustainable for the USA and the USSR. This study investigates the parallels and differences in the two conflicts. |
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