Interview :: International Relations
Obama is Absolutely Right to Re-evaluate Afghanistan Strategy
Avoiding a Second Vietnam
'Obama Is Absolutely Right to Re-evaluate Afghanistan Strategy'
Gordon Goldstein's book on the lessons of the Vietnam War is required reading in the Obama White House. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, Goldstein talks about why Obama should think long and hard about sending more troops to Afghanistan and not rush into the kinds of decisions that Vietnam-era politicians now regret.
to read the interview published on: Spiegel Online 11/5/2009, click on
www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,druck-659561,00.html