This book has already won a "Finalist" award for Best Military History from Book Fest America. The cover and interior design have also won awards in their categories. With color photos in every chapter and maps to help readers navigate the story, Don Miles has produced a book that one reviewer reports is "packed with fast action and vivid details" and with "solid research behind fascinating stories." It deals with the five-year struggle to get the last French soldier out of Mexico after the French emperor sent his forces to invade in 1862.