The Politics of Destruction: Britain and the American Civil War 1862

In 1862, the American Civil War seemed to be reaching a climax, as General Lee prepared to invade Maryland. On the other side of the Atlantic, the British and French struggled to agree on whether to offer mediation (and inevitably Southern independence), or remain strictly neutral.

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