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Author Boot, Max, 1968-
Title The savage wars of peace : small wars and the rise of American power / Max Boot.
Alternative Title Small wars and the rise of American power
Publisher New York : Basic Books, A Member of the Perseus Books Group, 2014.
Copyright date ©2014
Edition Revised paperback edition.


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Descript xxiv, 454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Edition Revised paperback edition.
Note First edition published 2002.
Contents 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 -- Great power: 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 -- 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 defense of the Pax Americana : small wars in the Twenty-First Century.
ISBN 9780465064939 (pbk.)
0465064930 (pbk.)
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Author Boot, Max, 1968-
Subject Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) -- United States.
Intervention (International law)
United States -- History, Military.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Foreign countries.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Public opinion.
Alternative Title Small wars and the rise of American power
Descript xxiv, 454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Edition Revised paperback edition.
Note First edition published 2002.
Contents 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 -- Great power: 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 -- 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 defense of the Pax Americana : small wars in the Twenty-First Century.
ISBN 9780465064939 (pbk.)
0465064930 (pbk.)
Author Boot, Max, 1968-
Subject Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) -- United States.
Intervention (International law)
United States -- History, Military.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Foreign countries.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Public opinion.
Alternative Title Small wars and the rise of American power
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Subject Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) -- United States.
Intervention (International law)
United States -- History, Military.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Foreign countries.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Public opinion.
Descript xxiv, 454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note First edition published 2002.
Contents 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 -- Great power: 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 -- 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 defense of the Pax Americana : small wars in the Twenty-First Century.
ISBN 9780465064939 (pbk.)
0465064930 (pbk.)
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