Exporting Reconstruction

"Ryan P. Semmes navigates exciting new departures into the international realm of Reconstruction, while furnishing a superb rehabilitation of Ulysses S. Grant's historical legacy."—Andrew F. Lang, author of A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism in the Civil War Era, a 2022 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize finalist

"No president has risen farther in rankings by presidential historians than Ulysses S. Grant. Ryan P. Semmes, demonstrating the fruits of his long involvement with the Grant Papers, offers a fresh evaluation of the foreign policy of this Reconstruction President."—Ronald C. White, author of American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant

"This ambitious volume illuminates the overarching coherence of Ulysses S. Grant's foreign and domestic policies, making it a compelling reading for courses on the Civil War era, American diplomacy, and Western history."—David Prior, author of Between Freedom and Progress: The Lost World of Reconstruction Politics and editor of Reconstruction and Empire: The Legacies of Abolition and Union Victory for an Imperial Age

"Semmes skillfully uncovers new connections between Grant's Reconstruction policy toward African Americans and his ambition to construct a multiracial, Republican empire across and beyond North America. Highly recommended."—Stacey L. Smith, author of Freedom's Frontier: California and the Struggle over Unfree Labor, Emancipation, and Reconstruction