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Afghanistan

Tom Ricks and The Generals: Why the US succeeded in WWII but not Since

Juan Cole 10/03/2012

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Tom Ricks, award-winning military journalist, gives the Nimitz Lecture on why the US military succeeded in WW II but had so much trouble in the Korean, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

The book version is out shortly,

Tom Ricks, The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today

See also Ricks’s invaluable blog

Filed Under: Afghanistan, Iraq, Uncategorized

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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