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France and the American Civil War: A Diplomatic History
By Stève Sainlaude and Don H. Doyle
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France's involvement in the American Civil War was critical to its unfolding, but the details of the European power's role remain little understood. Here, Steve Sainlaude offers the first comprehensive history of French diplomatic engagement with the Union and the Confederate States of America during the conflict. Drawing on archival sources that have been neglected by scholars up to this point, Sainlaude overturns many commonly held assumptions about French relations with the Union and the Confederacy. As Sainlaude demonstrates, no major European power had a deeper stake in the outcome of the conflict than France.
Reaching beyond the standard narratives of this history, Sainlaude delves deeply into questions of geopolitical strategy and diplomacy during this critical period in world affairs. The resulting study will help shift the way Americans look at the Civil War and extend their understanding of the conflict in global context.
Reaching beyond the standard narratives of this history, Sainlaude delves deeply into questions of geopolitical strategy and diplomacy during this critical period in world affairs. The resulting study will help shift the way Americans look at the Civil War and extend their understanding of the conflict in global context.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 5, 2019
ISBN9781469649955
Author
Stève Sainlaude
Steve Sainlaude is associate professor of history at the University of Paris IV Sorbonne.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An essential, unparalleled book, well writen, that draws on two prestigious award-winning books. Drawing on previously unpublished archive documents, the author highlights the major questions facing french diplomacy, including economy and mass psychology. I fully agree with Howard Jones when he writes that this is a "masterful analysis" and James Mcpherson when he considers that this book opens up a "fresh perspective on the American Civil War".
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Why did the French not intervene in the ACW? A number of factors are reviewed. Slavery not was the turning point, so much as the chance to intervene in Mexico. And the fact that the UK would not go along, with that Indian cotton crop being the final factor. This is a readable translation, with few maps, but little need as the diplomacy is the primary interest here.
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