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Afghanistan's Vietnam Portent and American Will

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Paul Rogers
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The demolition of a French empire at Dien Bien Phu is inspiration to a Taliban aiming to erode the resolve of the United States and its allies, writes Paul Rogers.

There have been many suggestions among media and military analysts since 2003 of possible parallels between the war in Iraq and the United States imbroglio in Vietnam that ended so humiliatingly in 1975. The argument is most prominently made by critics of both wars, though it has also been articulated by defence analysts and officials concerned that the US learns the “right” lessons from its costly Vietnam experience.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , April 2008 , e14
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