The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power

While the major conflicts in American history have become all too familiar, America's &quot;small wars&quot; have played an essential but little-appreciated role in the country's growth as a world power. First published in 2002, <i>The Savage Wars of Peace</i> 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 &quot;low intensity conflicts.&quot;<br><br>A compellingly readable history of the forgotten wars that helped promote America's rise in the last two centuries, <i>The Savage Wars of Peace</i> 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.<br><br><br>