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Description edit
From World War I to Iraq, historian Rose argues that we have failed to find the proper peace, failures that have shaped the modern world.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Woodrow Wilson: Add a description of this character.
- Saddam Hussein
- Kissinger
- Truman
- Roosevelt
- Thieu
- George W. Bush
- Eisenhower
- Powell
- Richard Nixon
- Schwarzkopf
- Johnson
- Rumsfeld
- Dean Acheson
- Rhee
- Hitler
- Cheney
- Stalin
- Ridgway
- Baker
- Anami
- Kaiser
- Churchill
- Byrnes
- Scowcroft
- Clinton
- Kennedy
- Garner
- Prince Max
- Rice
- Erzberger
- Ludendorff
- Bremer
- George H. W. Bush
- Groener
- Hull
- Ebert
Setting & Locations edit
- United States
- Iraq
- Germany
- Imperial Japan
- Washington
- Kuwait
- South Vietnam
- America
- Eastern Europe
- Soviet Union
- South Korea
- Berlin
- Baghdad
- Pacific
- White House
- Afghanistan
- Great Britain
- Saigon
- Saudi Arabia
- Gulf
- Moscow
- Iran
- Indochina
- France
- Yalta
- Qaeda
- Middle East
- Hanoi
- Italy
- Cambodia
- Russia
- Laos
- Asia
- North Koreans
- Paris
- England
- Panmunjom
- Manchuria
- Basra
- Tokyo
- Inchon
- North Vietnam
- Taiwan
First Sentence edit
In late March 2003, the United States and a few allies invaded Iraq.
Table of Contents edit
1. The Clausewitzian Challenge
2. World War I
3. World War II - Europe
4. World War II - Pacific
5. The Korean War
6. The Vietnam War
7. The Gulf War
8. The Iraq War
9. To Afghanistan and Beyond
Acknowledgements
Endnotes
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Gideon Rose (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: United States
Publication Date: October 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4165-9053-8
Page Count: 413
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: United States
Publication Date: October 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4165-9053-8
Page Count: 413
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › Arms Control
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › War & Peace
- Books › History › Military
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