TY - BOOK AU - Boot,Max TI - The savage wars of peace : : small wars and the rise of American power / SN - 0465007201 AV - 002 E 181 B725s 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Basic Books KW - Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) KW - United States KW - Conflictos de baja intensidad (Ciencia militar) KW - Estados Unidos KW - Intervention (International law) KW - Intervención (Derecho internacional) KW - History, Military KW - Armed Forces KW - Foreign countries KW - Foreign relations KW - Public opinion KW - Historia militar KW - Opinión pública extranjera KW - Fuerzas armadas KW - Países extranjeros N1 - "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. ER -