{"product_id":"france-and-the-american-civil-war-a-diplomatic-history-paperback-softback-9781469688398","title":"France and the American Civil War; A Diplomatic History (Paperback \/ softback) 9781469688398","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrance and the American Civil War\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Diplomatic History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStève Sainlaude (Author), Jessica Edwards (Translated by), Don H. Doyle (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781469688398\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages, 11 halftones\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 2.1 cm, 0.456 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAmerican scholars will find a different perspective on the Civil War's international effects as told from the viewpoint of one of the outside powers whose approach was more complex than they may have previously believed.\" - \u003ci\u003eAmerica's Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Explores in considerable detail the intentions and actions of multiple diplomatic officials, especially foreign ministers.\" - \u003ci\u003eChoice Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A marvelous book that contains fascinating analysis about French diplomacy during the U.S. Civil War. . . . This is a volume that will appeal to anyone interested in diplomacy and foreign relations during this period.\" - \u003ci\u003eCivil War Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Provides a much-needed counterpoint to the prevailing view that French diplomacy during the American Civil War had an influence clearly secondary to Britain's and looked to its neighbor across the channel to lead the way on U.S.-Confederate policy matters. . . . Highly original, nuanced, and deeply persuasive.\" - \u003ci\u003eCivil War Books and Authors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A concise, readable, and informative monograph. . . . [Sainlaude's] work provides a useful look at the diplomacy that secured the Union victory and began the shaping of a newly modern world.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of America's Military Past\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"With this deeply researched book, Steve Sainlaude sets out to rewrite the history of Franco-American relations from within the internal machinations of French policy makers. . . . The result is a clear approach to the manifold dimensions of French diplomacy. . . [that] deserves serious attention for bringing the Second French Empire back into the narrative of Civil War relations and for doing so in such a clear-sighted fashion.\" - \u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This well researched, well written, and thought provoking work is indispensable to anyone studying the Civil War. Other writers have dealt with France's involvement in the North-South conflict, but no one before Sainlaude had mined the rich collection of French consular files in combination with the standard primary and secondary sources to produce such a remarkably clear and convincing story of the fanciful dreams of one of the most conniving opportunists of the nineteenth century—Napoleon III. - \u003ci\u003e H-Diplo Roundtable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFrance and the American Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e provides an outstanding example of . . . good diplomatic history.\" - \u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Steve Sainlaude's \u003ci\u003eFrance and the American Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e will be of incredible value to American historians of this era. Using primarily French diplomatic records, such as official political, consular, and commercial correspondence housed at the Centre des archives diplomatiques de la Courneuve, the author weaves a balanced narrative, brings fresh perspectives, and challenges old assumptions of the Civil War's place in hemispheric and world affairs.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Louisiana Historical Association\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sainlaude's impressive scholarship will challenge diplomatic historians to rethink the scholarly consensus concerning France's role in our nation's bloodiest conflict.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of the Civil War Era\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrance'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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaching 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52743757005080,"sku":"9781469688398","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/france-and-the-american-civil-war-a-diplomatic-history-paperback-softback-9781469688398","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}