ong with descriptions he uses in telling of all the places the military has been, and the people who were involved. Starting with Jefferson's expedition against the Barbary Pirates, he goes on to tell the stimulating stories of the sometimes not so serious, but often bloody encounters in Samoa, the Philippines, Russia, the Dominican Republic, China, Haiti, Nicaragua, Mexico, Vietnam and several other destinations of the military. Boot is able to sketch colorful portraits of military heroes who are not well known, but played a large role in the encounters with other areas of the world. Some of those heroes who are lesser known are Stephen Decatur, Littleton L.T. Waller Lewis "Chesty" Puller, Smedley Butler, and "Fighting Fred" Funston. Wars with li
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