Diplomacy during the American Civil War (America in crisis)

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This balanced distinctive narrative considers Civil War diplomacy from an international perspective analyzing the impact of the war on Americas world role. The author stresses the unstable nature of the European political system to explain why England and France did not become involved in the war and discusses the animosities that hastened the economic and cultural disassociation between Britain and America. Avoiding the partisan bias for North and South that marred many earlier accounts Professor Crook traces the conflicting diplomatic strategies of both Union and Confederate governments and analyzes their success or failure. Throughout he points out that even in the midst of grave internal crisis the fulfillment of the nations destiny--expansionism--remained at the core of American diplomacy.