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  • Fighting for America

  • The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519-1871
  • By: Jeremy M. Black
  • Narrated by: Jeffrey Whittle
  • Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
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Prize-winning author Jeremy Black traces the competition for control of North America from the landing of Spanish troops under Hernán Cortés in modern Mexico in 1519 to 1871 when, with the Treaty of Washington and the withdrawal of most British garrisons, Britain accepted American mastery in North America. In this wide-ranging narrative, Black makes clear that the process by which America gained supremacy was far from inevitable. The story Black tells is one of conflict, diplomacy, geopolitics, and politics. The eventual result was the creation of a United States of America that stretched from Atlantic to Pacific and dominated North America. The gradual withdrawal of France and Spain, the British accommodation to the expanding US reality, the impact of the American Civil War, and the subjugation of Native peoples, are all carefully drawn out. Black emphasizes contingency not Manifest Destiny, and reconceptualizes American exceptionalism to take note of the pressures and impact of international competition.

©2011 Jeremy Black (P)2015 Redwood Audiobooks
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"American (and Canadian) readers will learn a lot of new things and be led into new ways of viewing old ones. An important contribution." (Walter Nugent, author of Into the West: The Story of Its People)
"This fascinating book describes the 300-plus year history of North America, from the landing of the first Spanish explorers until 1871." ( Military Heritage)

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The first couple of chapters were a real struggle to get through and I would recommend jumping these, just dates, numbers and references and I was at the point of binning this book. After that however the book turned out to be very interesting and a worthy listen. Glad I stuck with it.

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