Leonard Wood: Rough Rider, Surgeon, Architect of American ImperialismOne of the most fascinating but least remembered figures in modern American history, Major General Leonard Wood (1860 1927) was, with his close friend Theodore Roosevelt, an icon of U. S. imperialism as the nation evolved into a global power at the dawn of the twentieth century. The myriad of roles that Wood played in his extraordinary career offer a mirror image of the country's expansion from the urban Northeast to the western frontier to Latin