Power politics, diplomacy, and the avoidance of hostilities between England and the United States in the wake of the Civil War
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Power politics, diplomacy, and the avoidance of hostilities between England and the United States in the wake of the Civil War
（Studies in American history, v. 21）
Edwin Mellen Press, c1998
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Arbitrati e politica di potenza
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Bibliography: p. 369-389
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Description
Using archival sources, this study documents the delicate diplomatic negotiations between England and the United States during a period of great of tensions and threat of war.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The search for an agreement: the great new and unexpected event - the significance of the new arbitration procedures, the terms of the controversy
- the international implications of the Anglo-American controversy - the crisis of the 1870s and England's difficulties, the apprehensions of the English and American public opinion
- the treaty of Washington - the crisis of the orient and Grant's message, the Washington High Commission, the selection of arbitration procedures
- the formation of the arbitration commissions - from signatures to ratification, the Arbitration Tribunal of Geneva, the joint commission. Part 2 The execution of the treaty: the actions of the arbitration commissions - jurisdictions, American requests and English reactions, the parliamentary debate and global policy
- the role of public opinion - the orientation of the press, the extra-judicial negotiations
- problems and solutions - the counter case, the additional article addressing indirect damages
- the decisions of the arbitration commissions - the Arbitration Award of June 19, the Verdict of September 14 and English public opinion, payments to private parties and insurance companies.
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