The savage wars of peace
Subtitle: small wars and the rise of American power
By: Max Boot.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
Subjects: Intervention (International law); Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) -- United States; United States -- Armed Forces -- Foreign countries; United States -- Foreign relations -- Public opinion; United States -- History, Military
Description: "Every schoolchild can recite the list of America's major wars - such as the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and World Wars I and II. But how many of us understand the crucial role that the Barbary Wars, the Boxer Rebellion, or the occupations of Haiti, Nicaragua and the Philippines played in America's rise over the past two centuries?

In The Savage Wars of Peace, Max Boot shows how these smaller actions - right up to the recent conflicts in Bosnia, Somalia, Haiti, Kosovo and Afghanistan - have been essential to the growth and projection of American power. The Savage Wars of Peace is a history of those smaller, undeclared wars and their importance in American international affairs."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-408) and index.

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