The small wars and the rise of American power Boot, Max 1968- creator text nyu New York Basic Books 2002 monographic eng

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xx, 428 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. "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. Max Boot Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) United States Conflictos de baja intensidad (Ciencia militar) Estados Unidos Intervention (International law) Intervención (Derecho internacional) United States History, Military United States Armed Forces Foreign countries United States Foreign relations Public opinion Estados Unidos Historia militar Estados Unidos Opinión pública extranjera Estados Unidos Fuerzas armadas Países extranjeros 002 E 181 B725s 2002 0465007201 060907 20260728114302.0 17514 eng