The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War

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(12-12-2014 08:00 PM)Don1946 Wrote:  Roger Norton kindly invited me to bring you news of my new book, The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War, coming out with Basic Books, officially in 2015 but now available for ordering on Amazon ... just in time for Christmas!
http://www.amazon.com/Cause-All-Nations-...465029671/

I am delighted to add that Kirkus Reviews, a leading trade publication journal, designated my book one (of 20) "Best Books in History" for 2014.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-revie...l-nations/

Students of Lincoln will find new insights on foreign policy and his special relationship with William Seward, also on Lincoln's important role in articulating the Union cause as the cause of all nations, and a poignant description of the worldwide outrage that grief that met new of his assassination.

The book also follows the CSA government, diplomats, and special agents as they tried to get their message before the world and it gives a new interpretation of the Kenner mission, the last ditch effort to win recognition by promising to give up slavery.

The book focuses not so much on the formal diplomacy between government as the public diplomacy battle to win public sympathy abroad, and while Britain plays a featured role, there is a lot in here on France, Italy, Spain, and on Mexico and Latin America.

I wrote this book for people just like you all. It is based on years of archival research, all carefully cited, but I the story of the key people, ideas, strategies, and I left all the debates among historians out of it.

Follow the book on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/causeofallnations

Roger, thanks for being so generous. I truly appreciate this opportunity to toot my horn.

Congratulations and best wishes for very good sales!

I enjoyed arguing with you over Gen. Butler and was reminded of that today. Members of the Surratt Society get a monthly newsletter with good history articles supplied mainly by other members (with some very impressive credentials).

Throughout these Sesquicentennial years, I have been doing a month-by-month description of the Civil War Day by Day inspired by the Longs' book. Today, I condensed blurbs from January 1865 that contained comments about Butler and the final demand for his dismissal. They were quite critical of the Beast, and I almost excerpted them and posted them on this forum -- but I decided to let sleeping dogs lie...

A question: About 3-4 years ago, I had a Dr. David Perry (I believe that was his name) contact me to read certain parts of his manuscript that pertained to the assassination. The bulk of his book, however, was questioning the diplomatic expertise of the Lincoln/Seward team. His contention was that, in the first years, they floundered as diplomats.

I have not heard from Dr. Perry since and have no idea if his book was published. Is the name familiar to you? Also, what are your thoughts on Seward, especially as a skilled diplomat? I won't fuss and fume this time because I know nothing about Seward or his qualifications.