"America's Forgotten Wars"

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"America's Forgotten Wars" by Sam C. Sarkesian is one of a number of books that exposes an alarming trend in United States military policy that many have termed the "Vietnam syndrome." The paper shows that what is unique about Sarkesian's approach is that he attempts to establish that the military policies that led to defeat in Vietnam were by no means unique, and that the United States' handling of third world conflicts in general has always followed a distinctive pattern.

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"The current prescription of the Vietnam syndrome to all potential third world conflicts, to Sarkesian, is a detrimental mindset; this is because it has instilled a "never again" attitude in many Americans. Implicit in this way of thinking is that counterrevolutionary conflicts are somehow not winnable, to the point where they should be avoided altogether. However, it would seem that this perspective itself is one of the contributing factors to American defeat in counterrevolutionary wars--it is merely presumed that Vietnam was the single blemish upon the history of the United States military."

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