The author will donate all proceeds from this book’s royalties to nonprofit organizations serving victims of war and other forms of violence.

University of California Press

Oakland, California

© 2020 by David Vine

Maps, except where noted, are by Kelly Martin Design. Earlier versions of some maps first appeared in David Vine, Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2015).

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Vine, David, 1974– author.

Title: The United States of war : a global history of America’s endless conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State / David Vine.

Other titles: California series in public anthropology.

Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] | Series: California series in public anthropology | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020006465 (print) | LCCN 2020006466 (ebook) | ISBN 9780520300873 (cloth) | ISBN 9780520972070 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: United States—History, Military. | United States—History, Military—Social aspects. | United States—Military policy—History. | United States—Foreign relations. | United States—History.

Classification: LCC E181 .V65 2020 (print) | LCC E181 (ebook) | DDC 355.00973—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020006465

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020006466

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