Hoyt explores three centuries of America's military sphere, including the history behind excursions onto foreign soil and involvement in political conflicts around the world. He finds a policy and environment largely based on a kind of American political evangelism, which he traces as a distorted offshoot of the American Revolution. Because revolution worked for us, we may be determined to spread the same idea to other countries.

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The Indians - The French - Rebellion - Revolution - War - Embarrassments of a new nation - Troubles at sea - Growing pains - War of 1812 - Nice Little War - Seminole War - Pirates yes; Indians, No - Westward Ho! - Beset North and South - The Mexican War - Assault on Japan - Filibusters - Ultimate National Tragedy - The End of the trail - Coal and colonies - Fomenting a revolution - Spanish-American War - My Legation is in danger - Philippine Morass - Cuba Libre and other troubles - Bullets and Bananas - "Pall of Negro Despotism" - Mexican Hat Dance - From the Mexican Border to Mobilization - War in Europe - Forgotten occupation - Banana Wars - Trouble on the Yangtze - America's World War II begins - Hitler first - Invasion of Europe - Pacific victory - Aftermath of War - Berlin Blockade - Aggression in Korea - Failure in Intelligence - Long War - Vietnam Beginnings - Bay of Pigs - Wrong Time, Wrong Place, Wrong War - How to win every battle and lose a war - Reign of Terror - Usual (Unusual) Crisis in Latin America - Space Ships and GI Shoes.