A non-academic history of America's wars and their relationship to the rise of American power. The military history is framed within an interesting context--the apparent paradox of a stable, rhetorically peace-loving country shaping its society and its future through a series of national and international wars--nine major wars in nine generations. Forty-eight pages of notes. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
