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GUNS, GRIT AND GLORY BY MICHAEL HOGAN
In this current climate of inordinate ignorance, misinformation, and savage governmental aggression toward our complex and historically significant southern neighbor, Mexico, Michael Hogan – a prestigious academic thoroughly versed in the history of American/Mexican relations – sallies forth with a new book, Guns, Grit, and Glory, to remind us in a most scholarly and highly readable way that once we had a truly great President who valued and supported our friendly and mutually-beneficial partnership with a nation we once had horribly mistreated. Michael Hogan, Ph.D. continues the fascinating theme he began in his hugely popular treatment, Abraham Lincoln and Mexico – a MUST read on this subject – by delving into the aftermath of our Civil War, when Mexico was besieged by French invaders seeking to re-establish an overseas colony under monarchical rule in the so-called New World. Counting on the ambivalence and non-interference of a self-involved and self-distracted United States, the French conquest might have been successful if not for the intelligence and historical/political savvy of Mr. Lincoln, and equally important, the persistence and skill of the brilliant Mexican envoy, Matías Romero. The story of these two charismatic and powerful individuals turning the very tide of history (along with many more highly celebrated historical shakers and movers) provides a fascinating and enlightening study in international relations, both cooperative and antagonistic, patriotic and self-serving, and especially relevant now as a national wake-up call for contemporary sleepers and nay-sayers who forget our greatest long-term interests still align with those of our giant southern friend.
M. HOGAN
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