NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 10 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * In a new book, Yale historian Lauren Benton explores the rampant -- and seemingly incessant -- small wars that shaped imperial power between 1400 and 1900. * * * By Lisa Prevost Our understanding of global history tends to center on the major conflicts that caused the most widespread upheaval and loss of life. They include the two world wars and, further back in history, the Seven Years' War, the At  more