UNDERSTANDING THE U.S. WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
Book ID/图书代码： 14932715B80490
English Summary/英文概要： Understanding the United States’ wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is essential to understanding the United States in the first decade of the new millennium and beyond. These wars were pivotal to American foreign policy and international relations. They were expensive: in lives, in treasure, and in reputation. They raised critical ethical and legal questions; they provoked debates over policy, strategy, and war-planning; they helped to shape American domestic politics. And they highlighted a profound division among the American people: While more than two million Americans served in Iraq and Afghanistan, many in multiple deployments, the vast majority of Americans and their families remained untouched by and frequently barely aware of the wars conducted in their name, far from American shores, in regions about which they know little. Understanding the U.S. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan gives us the first book-length expert historical analysis of these wars. It shows us how they began, what they teach us about the limits of the American military and diplomacy, and who fought them. It examines the lessons and legacies of wars whose outcomes may not be clear for decades. In 1945 few Americans could imagine that the country would be locked in a Cold War with the Soviet Union for decades; fewer could imagine how history would paint the era. Understanding the U.S. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan begins to come to grips with the period when America became enmeshed in a succession of "low intensity" conflicts in the Middle East.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 2016年度评选优秀学术称号调查美国最近在伊拉克和阿富汗发生的战争的原因、行为和后果。
了解美国在伊拉克和阿富汗的战争对于了解新千年头十年及以后的美国至关重要。这些战役对美国的对外政策和国际关系尤为重要。对外作战让美国在生命，财富和名誉上付出了沉重的代价。他们提出了关键的伦理和法律问题；他们引发了关于政策、战略和战争计划的辩论；他们帮助塑造了美国国内政治。他们强调了美国人民之间的深刻分歧：尽管有200多万美国人在伊拉克和阿富汗服役，其中许多人被多次派驻部署，但绝大多数美国人和他们的家人没有受到这场名义之战的影响，这场战役里美国海岸很远，在大多数美国人知之甚少的地区发生。
《了解美国在伊拉克和阿富汗的战争》为我们提供了第一本关于这些战争的长篇历史分析。书中向我们解释了这些战争是如何开始的，向我们展示了美国军事和外交的局限性，以及美军到底是在与谁作战。本书审视了战争的教训和遗毒，其结果可能在几十年内都无法理清头绪。
1945年，几乎没有美国人能想象到，美国将与苏联陷入长达数十年的冷战; 很少有人能想象历史会如何描绘那个时代。要理解美国在伊拉克和阿富汗的战争，就要面对美国陷入中东一系列“低强度”冲突的时期。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况："Today, we are engaged in wrenching debates about what to do in Syria and Iraq. This volume provides indispensable background for assessing the costs and benefits, the risks and opportunities of engaging in ’low intensity’ conflicts with elusive adversaries in places in which we are unfamiliar and among people who regard us with suspicion. This is an important collection of essays to analyze and debate as we face momentous decisions."-Melvyn P. Leffler, Edward Stettinius Professor of American History, University of Virginia
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