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Oh What a . . . Small War.("The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power")
The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power, by Max Boot (Basic, 428 pp., $30)
When George W. Bush became president, academics and policymakers alike fretted that his election signaled a "return to isolationism." That the United States was isolationist until the early part of the 20th century, and that even afterward isolationism remained the default preference of the American people, are among the things that "everyone knows." Everyone also "knows" that the traditional purpose of the U.S. military has been to fight and win the nation's wars in defense of vital national interests, and that the sort of peacekeeping and humanitarian ...
- The Savage Wars of Peace.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Military Review Cassidy, Robert M. November 1, 2004 700+ words
...prosecuting what Rudyard Kipling labeled the "savage wars of peace." In many cases, the U...Corps (USMC) carried these small, savage wars to successful conclusions. Max Boot's The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of...
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- World Affairs EVANS, ERNEST September 22, 2000 700+ words
...John T. Fishel, ed., The Savage Wars of Peace: Toward a New Paradigm...era of Rudyard Kipling's "Savage Wars of Peace." As the series...which forty-three post-World War II governments either defeated...insurgency in the Philippines after World War II was the decision of ...
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- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) April 27, 2002 700+ words
...s burden and fight the "savage wars of peace". Max Boot, an...to 1941, when it entered a world war, America emerged as a great...late 1930s. After the second world war, America mutated from great...otherwise informative book. The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and...
- The right quagmire: searching history for an imperial alibi.(Colossus: The...
- Magazine article from: Harper's Magazine Grandin, Greg December 1, 2004 700+ words
...2003. 352 pages. $35. The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and...Think of recent comparisons to World War II. In the yearlong buildup...victories," they again evoked World War II, but now to scold the...Just as comparisons to World War II are sounding strained...
- To the shores of Tripoli.(Max Boot, The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and...
- Magazine article from: New Criterion Messenger, Robert June 1, 2002 700+ words
Max Boot The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power. Basic Books...to embark on our largest and most successful war. The victory in World War II heralded a new way of waging war and led many to refer to total...
- The Savage Wars of Peace: England, Japan and the Malthusian Trap.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History Brown, Philip C. April 1, 2000 700+ words
The Savage Wars of Peace: England, Japan and the...anthropology. In a number of ways, The Savage Wars of Peace combines these approaches...an extensive comparison with Japan. Savage Wars is simultaneously a tremendously exciting...
- The Unlikely Imperialists. (Books).(The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and...
- Magazine article from: Policy Review London, Josh August 1, 2002 700+ words
MAX BOOT. The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise...exhortation to imperialism: The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise...the White Man's burden-- The savage wars of peace-- Fill full the mouth...
- The Savage Wars of Peace: England, Japan, and the Malthusian Trap.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Albion Barshay, Andrew E. September 22, 2004 700+ words
Alan Macfarlane. The Savage Wars of Peace: England, Japan and the Malthusian Trap. New York...and in different ways, England and Japan waged Kipling's "savage wars of peace." Taking up the "White Man's burden," they "fill...
