Wars of the Americas

When it was first published in 1998, Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere was the first major reference focused exclusively on warfare in all its forms in North, Central, and South America over the past five centuries. Now this acclaimed resource returns in a dramatically expanded new edition. For its second edition, Wars of the Americas has been doubled in size to two full volumes: the first covers all wars and battles from the earliest Spanish conquests through the 18th-century colonial rivalries that climaxed with the American Revolutionary War. The second volume covers all conflicts from the post-Revolutionary era to the present. In addition to exhaustive updating throughout and a deeper focus on the historical context of each conflict, the new edition includes significant new coverage of drug cartel wars, U.S. involvement in the Middle East, and the ever-evolving relationships between the United States and the nations of Latin America.