| Description |
xix, 436 pages : illustrations, maps, photographs ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"Advance uncorrected proof"-- Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-434). |
| 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 -- Caribbean 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, 1926-1934 -- "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. |
| Subject |
Intervention (International law) -- Moral and ethical aspects.
|
|
Machismo -- United States -- History.
|
|
United States -- Armed Forces -- Foreign countries.
|
|
United States -- Foreign relations -- Public opinion.
|
|
