No collusion! : Catherine the Great and American Independence
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No collusion! : Catherine the Great and American Independence
Slavica, 2020
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Catherine the Great and American Independence
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Summary: "Using the rise of Russia and the foreign policy of Catherine the Great's first twenty years on the throne (from 1762) as his fulcrum, "No Collusion!" discusses in detail the diplomatic ramifications of Great Britain's rift with the thirteen American colonies. The context is pan-European, with Russia constantly in the foreground. The discussion of Nikita Panin's Northern System and its inadequacies, growing more evident with time, leads into coverage of the international crises for trade and diplomacy connected with America's War for Independence. Catherine enunciated a theory of Armed Neutrality and sought support for it from neutral countries. The book examines the worldviews of the various major players, to understand how their vision of things shaped their policies. We also see analysis of the global commercial world of the time and the efforts to grapple with forming international law dealing with privateering and the rights of neutral countries. Eventually the Americans enter the picture ...
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- Catherine II, Nikita Panin, and the Northern System
- Britain Solicits Russian Assistance
- Sir James Harris at Catherine II's Court
- Britain, Russia, and the Armed Neutrality of 1780
- Russia Atempts to Mediate the War
- The Russian View of British Politics
- The American View of Catherine II's Russia
- The United States and the Armed Neutrality
- Congress Solicits Russian Assistance
- A New Englander at Empress Catherine's Court
- Francis Dana and the French Alliance
- Debating the Impact of American Independence on North European Trade
- Practicing American Commercial Diplomacy at St Petersburg
- The Last of the Militia Diplomats
- Russia Abandons the Northern System
- Catherine II and the American War for Independence
