Table of Contents
Introduction 1
I The King of America 13
1 The Not-So-United States 15
2 Not as Happy in Peace as They Had Been Glorious in War 21
3 The Shadow Government 27
4 The Phoenix 32
5 Wield the Sword 39
6 Supreme Law of the Land 45
II Cruel and Usual Punishment 49
7 The Currents of War 51
8 Exitus Acta Probat 57
9 American Fortitude 65
10 Necessary Evil 71
11 Fully Justifiable 81
12 To Defend the Nation 90
III Dictator of America 99
13 Scorpion on a Leash 102
14 Between a Hawk and a Buzzard 115
15 Onslaught 123
16 The Times That Try Men's Souls 135
17 Reevaluation 140
18 Victory or Death 150
19 Idolatry 160
20 Dictator Perpetuo 167
IV Tribunals & Tribulations 177
21 Gentleman Johnny vs. Granny Gates 180
22 A Traitor Lurks 189
23 Treason of the Blackest Dye 200
24 Commissions & Courts-Martial 209
25 American Military Justice 218
V His Excellency's Loyal Subjects 229
26 Total Ruin 231
27 Band of Brethren 238
28 Poison & Peas 245
29 Americas Defender 253
30 License to Plunder 258
31 Not-So-Civil War 271
VI Could Have been King 281
32 O God! It Is All Over! 284
33 Winning the Peace 290
34 Spectacles & Speculation 296
35 The Greatest Man in the World 304
Epilogue: Governing from the Grave 313
Acknowledgments 320
Notes 323
Index 407