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Mexico and the Foreign Policy of Napoleon III
M. Cunningham
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Description for Mexico and the Foreign Policy of Napoleon III
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBL; JPA; JPS; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Napoleon III's motives for intervening in Mexico in the 1860s were consistent with his foreign policy, which was based on his belief that free trade was the best foundation for peace. He saw the establishment of a friendly government in Mexico as an opportunity to expand that policy to encompass the world by ensuring European access to American markets, and preventing monopoly by the United States. His attempts to achieve this, however, were thwarted by his representatives in Mexico and the suspicions of his neighbours.
Napoleon III's motives for intervening in Mexico in the 1860s were consistent with his foreign policy, which was based on his belief that free trade was the best foundation for peace. He saw the establishment of a friendly government in Mexico as an opportunity to expand that policy to encompass the world by ensuring European access to American markets, and preventing monopoly by the United States. His attempts to achieve this, however, were thwarted by his representatives in Mexico and the suspicions of his neighbours.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
251
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349419593
SKU
V9781349419593
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99-15
About M. Cunningham
MICHELE CUNNINGHAM is visiting Research Fellow in the History Department at the University of Adelaide in South Australia.
Reviews for Mexico and the Foreign Policy of Napoleon III
'Professor Cunningham's well-researched and well-written book is a valuable and over-due addition to the revisionist history of the French Second Empire. In the literature of the French intervention in Mexico during the 1860's it is the first to focus on the role of Napoleon III and to examine it both with minute attention to the available documents and within the ... Read more