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This 8 page paper is a review and summary of Max Boot's paradoxically titled book, "The Savage Wars of Peace." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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quite as good at as making war. Not only that, it has a long history of justifying its military exploits by trotting out, at suitable intervals, the questionable notion that
waging war is the way to a lasting peace. A moments reflection will show the threadbare logic of this argument: if war were really the answer, mankind would have fought
one, long ago, and that would have been the end of it. Instead, we have become the most predatory and warlike species on the planet, and the 20th century is
the most violent in the history of man. This paper is a review of Max Boots book, The savage wars of peace, which explores the various "guerrilla" and "brushfire" wars
that the U.S. has been involved in, and why Boot sees this as the pattern for the future. Discussion Max Boot is a writer of some note and is a
"frequent contributor to The Weekly Standard, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times" (Cassidy, 2004). Cassidy suggests that Boots book is particularly valuable because of
his analysis of the "lessons learned" (or not) in Vietnam, lessons that todays military should be applying in Afghanistan and Iraq (Cassidy, 2004). Boot uses lessons from history to illustrate
his points, starting with the naval officer Stephen Decatur, "whose leadership skills and actions were central to Americas success during the Barbary wars" (Cassidy, 2004). The early exploits of such
military figures comprise the first part of the book (Cassidy, 2004). The second and largest section is the one that is "most salient for students of small wars"; it begins
with the Boxer Rebellion in China and "ends with a discussion of U.S. constabulary operations in China at the outbreak of World War II" (Cassidy, 2004). Of particular note in
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