France and the American Civil War: A Diplomatic History

by Stève Sainlaude

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469649942
• ISBN13: 9781469649948
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.6" x 9.5"