Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the American Civil War
- The Cambridge History of the American Civil War
- The Cambridge History of the American Civil War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors to Volume II
- Note on the Text
- Part I Causes
- Part II Managing the War
- Part III The Global War
- Part IV Politics
- Index
- References
Part III - The Global War
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Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the American Civil War
- The Cambridge History of the American Civil War
- The Cambridge History of the American Civil War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors to Volume II
- Note on the Text
- Part I Causes
- Part II Managing the War
- Part III The Global War
- Part IV Politics
- Index
- References
Summary
When the American Civil War began in April 1861, statesmen around the world realized that the conflict held the potential to shape the future of the Western Hemisphere. Despite the rapid economic and territorial growth of the United States in the years after the War of 1812, the geopolitical development of the Americas remained unsettled. During the more than three-quarters of a century that preceded the Battle of Fort Sumter, a series of wars and revolutions had swept the hemisphere. As a result, the United States emerged independent; victorious slave insurgents founded the nation of Haiti; and Spanish Americans established a number of independent republics in South and Central America. To many observers it appeared that the people of the Americas had forever rejected the principles of monarchy and colonialism.
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