Illusions of EmpireIllusions of Empire adopts a multinational view of North American borderlands, examining the ways in which Mexico's North overlapped with the U. S. Southwest in the context of diplomacy, politics, economics, and military operations during the Civil War era. William S. Kiser examines a fascinating series of events in which a disparate group of historical actors vied for power and control along the U. S. Mexico border: from Union and Confederate