Has anyone read, The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power? I came across a reference to in the Wall Street Journal. The author/reviewer wrote a positive review for Leonard Wood: Rough Rider, Surgeon, Architect of American Imperialism .

The reason why I consider this a precursor to small wars reading is that any layman will be surprised to see the American environment today is really not much different than America's involvement with small wars throughout its history.