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Savage Wars of Peace

by Max Boot
Savage Wars of Peace

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While the major conflicts in American history have become all too familiar, Americas “small wars” have played an essential but little-appreciated role in the countrys 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 Americas 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 Americas rise in the last two centuries, The Savage Wars of Peace is now updated with new material on the repercussions of Americas far-flung imperial actions and the impact of these ventures in American international affairs.

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Los Angeles Times

“Anyone who wants to understand why America has permanently entered a new era in international relations must read [this book].... Vividly written and thoroughly researched.”

The Washington Post Book World

“A fascinating set of case studies worth reading for the stories alone.”

National Review

“This book is not only an eminently readable and entertaining narrative history of Americas small wars, but also is a serious analysis of current strategic challenges.... Boot is an exceptional writer and his engaging style is tailor-made for this type of narrative.”

The Washington Times

“An outstanding addition to this body of literature.”

New York Review of Books

“In its high-spirited early chapters, Max Boots The Savage Wars of Peace recalls Patrick OBrians Aubrey and Maturin saga.... In his concluding comments, Boot sets out a thoughtful list of lessons that should have been learned.”

The Economist

“[Boot] tells the story with clarity and verve, rediscovering on the way some lesser-known American heroes.... Clear narrative plus such tales of daring-do are enough on their own to make this book enjoyable. But Mr. Boot is also trying to make a point about the present.... Enjoyable…Informative.”

Foreign Affairs

“Max Boots The Savage Wars of Peace makes it possible to revisit that past ‘imperial tradition and mine it for lessons that might improve the management of todays global order…by reviewing the nations past, he shows its future.... Thanks to Boots journalistic sense—he is editorial features editor at the Wall Street Journal—those lessons make for a great story and a compelling read. Boot combines a wide-angle perspective with an eye for detail.”

Business Times

“A book that has become—very much like [Paul] Kennedys, [Francis] Fukuyamas and [Samuel] Huntingtons—‘must reading in Congress, the Pentagon and among Washingtons columnists and think-tankers.”

Slate

“By collecting the best exploits from some of the most significant small wars between two covers, [Boot has] done a real public and strategic service.”

The Weekly Standard

“Boots well-written narrative is not only fascinating reading, but didactic as well.... The events of September 11 give The Savage Wars of Peace an uncanny timeliness and sadly confirm almost all of Boots dispassionate warnings.”

Michael Barone, US News and World Report

“Excellent.... There are some cracking good stories here—the exploits of Marine Corps legend Smedley Butler in China, the Philippines, Nicaragua, and Haiti—but also some important lessons.”

The Chicago Tribune

“A rollicking…chronicle of 200 years of American war making.... Boots narrative bustles with engaging personalities and forgotten heroes.”

The Journal of Military History

“What a pleasure to read a crisp preface that promises a fun read, and to have the rest of the book deliver. The Savage Wars of Peace is an entertaining jaunt through many of the expeditions, counterinsurgencies, and (insert your preferred term here) that United States armed forces have undertaken since the beginning of the Republic. Along the way the author offers political analysis that hits its mark time and again.”

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A compellingly readable history of the forgotten wars that helped promote Americas rise in the last two centuries, The Savage Wars of Peace is a history of those smaller, undeclared wars and their importance in American international affairs.

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"Anyone who wants to understand why America has permanently entered a new era in international relations must read this book].... Vividly written and thoroughly researched." --Los Angeles Times
America's "small wars," "imperial war," or, as the Pentagon now terms them, "low-intensity conflicts," have played an essential but little-appreciated role in its growth as a world power. Beginning with Jefferson's expedition against the Barbary pirates, Max Boot tells the exciting stories of our sometimes minor but often bloody landings in Samoa, the Philippines, China, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Mexico, Russia, and elsewhere. Along the way he sketches colorful portraits of little-known military heroes such as Stephen Decatur, "Fighting Fred" Funston, and Smedly Butler.
This revised and updated edition of Boot's compellingly readable history of the forgotten wars that helped promote America's rise in the lst two centuries includes a wealth of new material, including a chapter on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a new afterword on the lessons of the post-9/11 world.

About the Author

Max Boot is the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow in National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. A contributing editor to The Weekly Standard and the Los Angeles Times, Boot lives in the New York area.


Table of Contents

Foreword to the Revised Edition

Preface: Another American Way of War

Part One: Commercial Power

1. “To Conquer Upon the Sea”: Barbary Wars, 1801–1805, 1815

2. “Butcher and Bolt”: From the Marquesas, 1813, to China, 1859

3. Empire Emerging: From Korea, 1871, to Samoa, 1899

Part Two: Great Power

4. Red Summer: Boxer Uprising, 1900

5. “Attraction” and “Chastisement”: The Philippine War, 1899–1902

6. Caribbean Constabulary: Cuba, Panama, Nicaragua, Mexico, 1898–1914

7. Lords of Hispaniola: Haiti, 1915–1934; Dominican Republic, 1916–1924

8. The Dusty Trail: The Pancho Villa Punitive Expedition, 1916–1917

9. Blood on the Snow: Russia, 1918‐1920

10. Chasing Sandino: Nicaragua, 1926–1933

11. “By Bluff Alone”: China, 1901–1941

Part Three: Superpower

12. Lessons Learned: The Small Wars Manual

13. Lessons Unlearned: Vietnam, 1959–1975

14. In the Shadow of Vietnam: The Powell Doctrine and Small Wars in the 1990s

15. In the Shadow of 9/11: The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

16. In Defense of the Pax Americana: Small Wars in the Twenty-First Century

Afterword to the Revised Edition


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ISBN:
9780465064939
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Trade Paperback
Publication date:
03/11/2014
Publisher:
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Pages:
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6.34IN
Thickness:
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Author:
Max Boot
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Max Boot
Author:
Max Boot
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Max Boot
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Max Boot
Subject:
Military-US Military General

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