Fighting for America: The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519-1871

This book provides a comprehensive and engaging account of the 300-year history of North America, from the landing of Spanish troops in modern Mexico to 1871.

The author, Jeremy Black, traces the competition for control of the region and highlights the contingency of events rather than the inevitability of Manifest Destiny.

Through a wide-ranging narrative, Black emphasizes the impact of geopolitics, diplomacy, and politics on the creation of the United States of America.

The book provides valuable insights into the gradual withdrawal of France and Spain, the British accommodation to the expanding U.S.

reality, and the subjugation of Native peoples.

This is an essential read for anyone interested in American history and the formation of the modern United States.