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Abraham Lincoln deals with foreign affairs
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Jay Monaghan |
On the eve of the American Civil War, the old predatory powers of Europe were waiting to capitalize on the split in the Union. President Lincoln had to prevent foreign governments from giving officia… |
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Defending a new nation, 1783-1811
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John R. Maass |
"Tells the story of several military campaigns against Indians in the Northwest Territory, the Army's role in suppressing the Whiskey Rebellion (1794), the quasi-war with France and confrontations wi… |
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William Henry Seward
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Taylor, John M. |
A friendly yet not uncritical biography of the secretary of state in the Lincoln and Andrew Johnson Cabinets. Taylor -- who chronicled his father's life in General Maxwell Taylor (1987) -- offers nei… |
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Envoy to the Terror
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Melanie Randolph Miller |
The story of Gouverneur Morris, the brilliant and unconventional Founding Father from New York, is a forgotten jewel in the crown of early American national history. Although he was an important cont… |
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