Don H. Doyle, The Cause of All Nations (Basic Books, 2014)   What a great book! Most Americans know the history of the Civil War by the roll call of its bloody battles — Bull Run, Antietam, Chickamauga, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor. While good books continue to be written about the war, by now the basic … Continue reading The U.S. Civil War, European Politics, and a Changing World