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small wars and the rise of American power

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Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
428

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Subjects
Armed Forces, Foreign relations, History, Military, Intervention (International law), Low-intensity conflicts (Military science), Military History, Public opinion
Places
Foreign countries, United States

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Table of Contents

"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
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
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.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-408) and index.
Originally published 2002.

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Dewey Decimal Class
355/.033573
Library of Congress
E181 .B728 2003

The Physical Object

Pagination
xx, 428 p. :
Number of pages
428

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OL3390830M
ISBN 10
046500721X
LCCN
2004695066
OCLC/WorldCat
52770816
Library Thing
13963
Amazon ID (ASIN)
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18244

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