The small wars and the rise of American power Boot, Max 1968- creator text bibliography biography nyu New York, NY Basic Books 2014 Revised paperback edition. monographic eng

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xxiv, 454 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. "While the major conflicts in American history have become all too familiar, America's "small wars" have played an essential but little-appreciated role in the country's growth as a world power. First published in 2002, The Savage Wars of Peace quickly became a key volume in the case for a new policy of interventionism. Max Boot shows how America's smaller actions--such as the recent conflicts in Bosnia, Somalia, Haiti, Kosovo, and Afghanistan--have made up the vast majority of our military engagements, and yet our armed forces do little to prepare for these "low intensity conflicts." A compellingly readable history of the forgotten wars that helped promote America's rise in the last two centuries, The Savage Wars of Peace is now updated with new material on the repercussions of America's far-flung imperial actions and the impact of these ventures in American international affairs"--Amazon.com, viewed April 3, 2014. List of maps Foreword to the revised edition Preface: Another American way of war Part 1: Commercial power. "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 Part 2: Great power. Red summer : Boxer uprising, 1900 ; "Attraction" and "chastisement" : the Philippine War, 1899-1902 ; Caribbean 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 Part 3: Superpower. 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 the shadow of 9/11 : the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq ; In defense of the Pax Americana : small wars in the Twenty-First Century Afterword to the revised edition Max Boot. First edition published 2002. Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-431) and index. n-us--- Intervention (International law) Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) United States Conflictos de baja intensidad (Ciencia militar) Estados Unidos Intervención (Derecho internacional) United States Foreign relations Public opinion United States Armed Forces Foreign countries Estados Unidos Fuerzas armadas Países extranjeros United States History, Military Estados Unidos Historia militar Estados Unidos Opinión pública extranjera 002 E 181 B725s 2014 355/.033573 0465064930 (revised paperback) 9780465064939 (revised paperback) 2014378687 CaOWTL 140718 20260728114302.0 122709 eng