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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793304103321

Autore

Sainlaude Steve

Titolo

France and the American Civil War : a diplomatic history / / Steve Sainlaude ; translated by Jessica Edwards ; foreword by Don H. Doyle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill : , : The University of North Carolina Press, , [2019]

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019

©[2019]

ISBN

979-88-908512-6-0

1-4696-4996-9

1-4696-4995-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 pages)

Collana

Civil War America

Altri autori (Persone)

SainlaudeSteve

Disciplina

973.7/20944

Soggetti

France Foreign relations 1852-1870

United States Foreign relations 1861-1865

Confederate States of America Foreign relations France

United States Foreign relations France History 19th century

France Foreign relations Confederate States of America

France Foreign relations United States History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Translated from the French.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The French position -- The implementation of neutrality -- The emperor gets involved in the war -- The Entente Cordiale and American policy -- France's view of the South -- Myth and reality -- The weight of the "peculiar institution" in diplomatic relations -- Napoleon III's "grand design" and the Confederacy -- The future lies in union -- The future of the disunited states -- The South, a trade partner? -- The imbalance of power.

Sommario/riassunto

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, Stève 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.