Description
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewEngrossing, enjoyable and highly recommended.
* Civil War News *
A compelling portrait of Dudley.... Drawing heavily on State Department records, Cross illuminates both the diplomatic intrigue and Dudley's role in achieving the Alabama Claims settlement of 1872.
-- Joseph P. Reidy, Howard University
[A] thorough investigation of the work of Thomas Haines Dudley.... Cross makes good use of primary source material.
* America's Civil War *
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter I: The Making of a Consul
Chapter II: The Florida: "The first foreign-built Confederate cruiser"
Chapter III: The Alabama: The World's Most Feared Commerce Raider
Chapter IV: The Alexandra: Test Case for the British Foreign Enlistment Act
Chapter V: The Unstoppable Ironclads
Chapter VI: Other Cruisers and Ironclads
Chapter VII: The Days of Reckoning
Notes
Works Cited
Index
