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Great Britain and the Confederate Navy, 1861-1865

Great Britain and the Confederate Navy, 1861-1865

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Armed ForcesCivil War Period (1850-1877)British History

ISBN10: 0253217350
ISBN13: 9780253217356
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: Dec 1 2004
Pages: 342
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.94
Language: English

A masterful account of Confederate naval strategy and personnel . . . [and] the response of Britain to the efforts of the Confederacy to acquire a navy in Britain and thus traverse Britain's neutral obligations. --American Historical Review

This book, originally issued in 1970, describes the frustrated, faltering, and sometimes heroic attempts of the Confederacy to circumvent British neutrality and build a navy in Great Britain during the American Civil War. The story possesses many of the elements of good fiction: there are the sharply rendered principal actors; the suspense and narrative excitement of the adventures of the Southern raiders; and the cunning appraisals of diplomatic intrigues, maneuverings, and oversights. This is a readable and illuminating account of the diplomatic maneuverings behind the Confederacy's failed attempt to enlist British aid for the secessionist cause.

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