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

reprint stiff wrappers As New octavo xx + 428pp., b/w plates, maps, notes, bibliog., index, America's 'small wars' have played an essential but little-appreciated role in America's growth as a world power. Shows how America's smaller actions, such as the recent conflicts in Bosnia, Somalia, Haiti, Kosovo, & Afghanistan, have made up the vast majority of US military engagements, & yet the armed forces do little to prepare for low intensity conflicts.