King Cotton Diplomacy
Author | : Frank Lawrence Owsley |
Publisher | : University Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : 081735526X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780817355265 |
Rating | : 4/5 (6X Downloads) |
Download or read book King Cotton Diplomacy written by Frank Lawrence Owsley and published by University Alabama Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exhaustive, definitive study of Southern attempts to gain international support for the Confederacy by leveraging the cotton supply for European intervention during the Civil War. Using previously untapped sources from Britain and France, along with documents from the Confederacy's state department, Frank Owsley's King Cotton Diplomacy is the first archival-based study of Confederate diplomacy.