{"product_id":"lincolns-man-in-liverpool-consul-dudley-and-the-legal-battle-to-stop-confederate-warships-hardback-9780875803739","title":"Lincoln's Man in Liverpool; Consul Dudley and the Legal Battle to Stop Confederate Warships (Hardback) 9780875803739","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLincoln's Man in Liverpool\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConsul Dudley and the Legal Battle to Stop Confederate Warships\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCoy Cross (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780875803739\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 March 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e190 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngrossing, enjoyable and highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e (Civil War News) \u003cp\u003eA compelling portrait of Dudley.... Drawing heavily on State Department records, Cross illuminates both the diplomatic intrigue and Dudley's role in achieving the Alabama Claims settlement of 1872.\u003c\/p\u003e - Joseph P. Reidy, Howard University \u003cp\u003e[A] thorough investigation of the work of Thomas Haines Dudley.... Cross makes good use of primary source material.\u003c\/p\u003e (America's Civil War)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eRefusing to side with either the Union or the Confederacy, Great Britain officially declared neutrality in the U.S. Civil War, thereby putting into effect the Foreign Enlistment Act, which forbade all belligerents to arm ships in her ports. Unofficially, many British citizens sympathized with the Confederacy because the Union's naval blockade stopped the flow of cotton from Southern fields to English textile mills. For this reason, the Confederate representative James Bulloch found British shipbuilders willing to fill his orders for battle-ready vessels without inquiring too closely into his intentions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Consul in Liverpool, Thomas Haines Dudley, suspected Bulloch was commissioning warships for an assault on Union naval or commerce ships. Despite his lack of diplomatic experience—President Lincoln had appointed Dudley as a political favor—the consul committed himself to preventing vessels destined for the Confederacy from leaving the shipyards. Dudley hired private detectives, bribed workers, bought sworn affidavits, and provided room and board for turn-coat Confederate sailors willing to furnish evidence that could be used in court.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConfronting innumerable political obstacles and even threats to his life, Dudley served his country faithfully and courageously. He achieved his greatest success years after the war's conclusion when in 1872 an international tribunal awarded the United States $15 million in reparations for the British government's failure to enforce its own neutrality laws. This true account of Dudley's years of service sheds new light on a crucial diplomatic front of the American Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e Chapter I: The Making of a Consul\u003cbr\u003e Chapter II: The Florida: \"The first foreign-built Confederate cruiser\"\u003cbr\u003e Chapter III: The Alabama: The World's Most Feared Commerce Raider\u003cbr\u003e Chapter IV: The Alexandra: Test Case for the British Foreign Enlistment Act\u003cbr\u003e Chapter V: The Unstoppable Ironclads\u003cbr\u003e Chapter VI: Other Cruisers and Ironclads\u003cbr\u003e Chapter VII: The Days of Reckoning\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702370758936,"sku":"9780875803739","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/lincolns-man-in-liverpool-consul-dudley-and-the-legal-battle-to-stop-confederate-warships-hardback-9780875803739","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}