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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jones, Howard, 1940–
Blue and gray diplomacy : a history of Union and Confederate
foreign relations / Howard Jones.—1st ed.
p. cm. —(Littlefield history of the Civil War era)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8078-3349-0 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. United States — Foreign relations — 1861–1865. 2. Confederate
States of America—Foreign relations. 3. United States—Foreign
relations—Great Britain. 4. Great Britain—Foreign relations—
United States. 5. United States—Foreign relations—France.
6. France—Foreign relations—United States. 7. Confederate States
of America—Foreign relations—Great Britain. 8. Great Britain—
Foreign relations—Confederate States of America. 9. Confederate
States of America—Foreign relations—France. 10. France—
Foreign relations—Confederate States of America. I. Title.
E469.J563 2010
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