http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2010/03/03/review-blue-and-gray-diplomacy-a-history-of-union-and-confederate-foreign-relations/ Informed Amateurs Blog the American Civil War Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:41:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2010/03/03/review-blue-and-gray-diplomacy-a-history-of-union-and-confederate-foreign-relations/comment-page-1/#comment-6943 Stephen Graham Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:14:12 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=8021#comment-6943 I still want to know how this book differs from <i>Union in Peril</i> and why a book that effectively ends in late 1862 really qualifies as a history of Civil War diplomacy. I still want to know how this book differs from Union in Peril and why a book that effectively ends in late 1862 really qualifies as a history of Civil War diplomacy.

]]> http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/2010/03/03/review-blue-and-gray-diplomacy-a-history-of-union-and-confederate-foreign-relations/comment-page-1/#comment-6941 Fred Ray Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:03:02 +0000 http://www.brettschulte.net/CWBlog/?p=8021#comment-6941 Interesting, and I think you're right that morality played a far lesser part than is generally supposed. One consideration seldom mentioned is British fear of Yankee commerce raiders. These had done a great deal of damage in the previous wars, and Empire commerce remained vulnerable. Imagine a dozen Alabamas flying the Stars and Stripes loose on the oceans. Interesting, and I think you’re right that morality played a far lesser part than is generally supposed. One consideration seldom mentioned is British fear of Yankee commerce raiders. These had done a great deal of damage in the previous wars, and Empire commerce remained vulnerable. Imagine a dozen Alabamas flying the Stars and Stripes loose on the oceans.

]]>