Dr. Troy Kickler, in reviewing a book for American Diplomacy, engaged in a bit of advertising – a topic John Hood knows quite well since the publication of his book, Selling the Dream (an interview concerning this endeavor appears in the June addition of Reason Magazine). The book reviewed by Troy, Secret History of Confederate Diplomacy Abroad, compiles the “post war reminiscence of the always opinionated and somewhat pompous Confederate diplomat, Edwin De Leon.” Check it out.