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Napoleon's troublesome Americans : Franco-American relations, 1804-1815 /
Shortly before the United States declared war on Great Britain in June 1812, Congress came within two votes of declaring war on Napoleon BonaparteÆs French empire. For six years, France and Britain had both seized American shipping. While common wisdom says that America was virtually an innocent in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dulles, Va. :
Potomac Books,
©2005.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- John Armstrong's unpromising beginning
- Napoleon quashes the Florida "job"
- The cycle of depredation begins, 1806-07
- Napoleon takes exception to Jefferson's embargo
- Captured ships and stranded seamen: Napoleon reacts to the embargo
- Increasing tensions, 1809
- Napoleon shifts the diplomatic initiative to London
- Fleeting hopes for conciliation, 1809-10
- Both sides charge bad faith
- Napoleon toys with Macon's bill
- Madison bets on the Cadore letter
- Russell struggles, Napoleon cavils
- Serurier Parries complaints and rejoices at Foster's undoing
- Madison prepares a French initiative as British relations worsen
- Joel Barlow, undaunted optimist
- Barlow falters, London retreats
- Co-belligerency and a diplomatic breakthrough
- Serurier frets: will congress declare war on both belligerents?
- Barlow goes to Vilna as the Russian campaign collapses
- Serurier reports on wartime Washington: from Paris a long silence
- Serurier chagrined as Madison looks for peace
- End of an era: the Crawford mission
- Napoleon's case against Americans: summarizing the evidence.