Caution and Cooperation: The American Civil War in British-American Relations

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Contents Acknowledgments ix Illustrations xi Introduction: Realism and Private Diplomacy   The Antebellum Rapprochement 8 2 Caution, Cooperation, and Mutual Understanding, 860–864 35 3 The Trent Affair and Its Aftermath in the Rapprochement 64 4 Averting Crisis in 862 89 5 Dissolving Intervention in 862 00 6 Lincoln’s Cabinet Crisis of December 862 in the Rapprochement 27 7 Mutual Support in 863 42 8 Mutual Dependence in 864 7 9 The Failure of Confederate Diplomacy and British Pro-South Impotence 88 0 Cooperation to End the Slave Trade and Promote Commercial Expansion 207  War’s End: Retrenchment and Commerce Ascendant 228 2 Conclusion: Accommodations and Rapprochement 239 Notes 258 Bibliography 300 Index 322 ...