Misusing historical analogies limits US policy options
Comparing the US withdrawals from Vietnam and Afghanistan suggests the latter will have negative consequences
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- Current use of the Vietnam analogy
- Supporters of withdrawal
- Critics of withdrawal
- The limiting effect of analogies
- Similarities and contrasts
- No 'decent interval' in Afghanistan
- Will there be an 'Afghanistan syndrome'?
- New challenges
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