Boot, Max

"A biography of Edward Lansdale, the CIA operative. Boot chronicles his rise and fall as a proponent of a visionary 'hearts and minds' diplomacy in Vietnam who was ultimately overruled by the American military bureaucracy, which favored bombs and troop build-ups over winning the people's trust."--OCLC.

Explores the impact the Barbary Wars, the Boxer Rebellion, and the occupations of Haiti, Nicaragua, and the Philippines played in America's rise throughout the last two centuries.

Explores military history from 1500 to the early twenty-first century, focusing on innovations in weaponry and tactics.

A global history of guerrilla uprisings through the ages.