03157oam 22006134a 450 991081952750332120221005222523.0979-88-908512-6-01-4696-4996-91-4696-4995-0(CKB)4100000007650071(MiAaPQ)EBC5676509(StDuBDS)EDZ0002143020(OCoLC)1084655204(MdBmJHUP)muse73303(EXLCZ)99410000000765007120180821d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFrance and the American Civil War a diplomatic history /Steve Sainlaude ; translated by Jessica Edwards ; foreword by Don H. DoyleFirst edition.Chapel Hill :The University of North Carolina Press,[2019]Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2019©[2019]1 online resource (304 pages)Civil War AmericaPreviously issued in print: 2019.Translated from the French.1-4696-4994-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Civil War America (Series)FranceForeign relations1852-1870United StatesForeign relations1861-1865Confederate States of AmericaForeign relationsFranceUnited StatesForeign relationsFranceHistory19th centuryFranceForeign relationsConfederate States of AmericaFranceForeign relationsUnited StatesHistory19th century973.7/20944973.720944Sainlaude Steve1713104Sainlaude Steve1713104Doyle Don Harrison1946-Edwards JessicaMdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910819527503321France and the American Civil War4105810UNINA