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the army’s “offensive-defensive” strategy came remarkably close to triumph

Their contributions had a long-lasting and positive influence on the country we have today

American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873 (Alan Taylor - WH) taylor These beautifulby Alan Taylor A masterful history of the Civil War and its reverberations across the continent by a two time Pulitzer Prize winner. In a fast paced narrative of soaring ideals and sordid politics, of civil war and foreign invasion, the award winning historian Alan Taylor presents a pivotal twenty year period in which North Americas three largest countriesthe United States, Mexico, and Canadaall transformed themselves into nations. The American Civil