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I've always thought Confederate foreign policy with Great Britain was an absolute disaster. The self-imposed Southern cotton embargo of 1861 just angered Britons and frittered away a valuable resource that could have translated into guns and supplies when they were most needed. My expanded, specific thoughts are in my latest post at Civil Discourse.
I'm wondering what y'alls thoughts on Confederate-British relations were? Do you think foreign recognition was ever truly likely? Was it the South's best hope for achieving independence?
To be fair though, it's always struck me that the U.S. had the easier task regarding Europe in the Civil War. Just don't bungle it too badly (like the Trent Affair), and Europeans will likely just watch from afar.
I'm wondering what y'alls thoughts on Confederate-British relations were? Do you think foreign recognition was ever truly likely? Was it the South's best hope for achieving independence?
To be fair though, it's always struck me that the U.S. had the easier task regarding Europe in the Civil War. Just don't bungle it too badly (like the Trent Affair), and Europeans will likely just watch from afar.
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