Why is it that very few histories of the Civil War state the degree to which the European oligarchs aided the South, both in the years leading up to and during war, with money, war material, diplomacy and espionage? The installation of Maximillian in Mexico by the French was designed to open a southern flank against the western US and Canada as a British asset was a base for spy networks and agitation of the Indians in the US frontier regions. America’s enemies list needs to include this neo-aristocracy element that continues to operate as a global financial oligarchy today.