洛杉矶—当即将上任的巴拉克·奥巴马政府激辩从伊拉克撤军的速度和后果时，检查美国20世纪最后几十年进行其他撤退所产生的战略影响颇有裨益。
Los Angeles – As Barack Obama’s incoming administration debates the pace and consequences of withdrawal from Iraq, it would do well to examine the strategic impact of other American exits in the final decades of the twentieth century.