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The United States

America on the Brink: How the Political Struggle Over the War of 1812 Almost Destroyed the Young Republic
Richard Buel
Walter Russell Mead
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War
Andrew J. Bacevich
Walter Russell Mead
The Nature of Sacrifice: A Biography of Charles Russell Lowell, Jr., 1835-64
Carol Bundy
Walter Russell Mead
A Shattered Nation: The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy, 1861-1868
Anne Sarah Rubin
Walter Russell Mead
Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond
Jack Bass and Marilyn W. Thompson
Walter Russell Mead
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