Boot, Max,   1968- <br/><br/>
The savage wars of peace :   small wars and the rise of American power /  
Max Boot 
 - New York :  Basic Books,  2002 
 - xx, 428 pages :   illustrations, maps ;   25 cm. 
<br/><br/>"To conquer upon the sea": Barbary Wars, 1801-1805, 1815 -- "Butcher and bolt": from the Marquesas, 1813, to China, 1859 -- Empire emerging: from Korea, 1871, to Samoa, 1899 -- Red summer: Boxer uprising, 1900 -- "Attraction" and "Chastisement": the Philippine War, 1899-1902 -- Carribean constabulary: Cuba:, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, 1898-1914 -- Lords of Hispaniola: Haiti, 1915-1934; Dominican Republic, 1916-1924 -- The dusty trail: the Pancho Villa punitive expedition, 1916-1917 -- Blood on the snow: Russia, 1918-1920 -- Chasing Sandino: Nicaragua, 1926-1933 -- "By bluff alone": China, 1901-1941 -- Lessons learned: the small wars manual -- Lessons unlearned: Vietnam, 1959-1975 -- In the shadow of Vietnam: the Powell doctrine and small wars in the 1990s -- In defense of the Pax Americana: small wars in the Twenty-First Century.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0465007201 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)--United States.<br/>Conflictos de baja intensidad (Ciencia militar) --Estados Unidos<br/>Intervention (International law)<br/>Intervención (Derecho internacional)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History, Military.<br/>United States--Armed Forces--Foreign countries.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Public opinion.<br/>Estados Unidos--Historia militar <br/>Estados Unidos --Opinión pública extranjera <br/>Estados Unidos --Fuerzas armadas --Países extranjeros 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>002 E 181  / B725s 2002