William Walker's Wars

Book Review: “William Walker’s Wars” — Revisiting US Slavery’s Soldier of Fortune in Latin America

A new biography of the oft-forgotten ‘filibuster’ provides ample facts and little thesis. Is that enough — don’t we need more?

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