Imperial diplomacy: the French Montigny Mission of 1856–57

Author:

Lockhart Bruce M.

Abstract

AbstractIn 1856–7 the French diplomat Charles de Montigny visited the three countries of Siam, Cambodia and Vietnam, hoping to establish some form of formal relations with all three. While he was able to sign a full diplomatic and commercial treaty in Bangkok, his negotiations with the Cambodian and Vietnamese rulers were largely fruitless. Even so, Montigny's visit prepared the ground for future French intervention and can be considered as the beginning of French implantation in Southeast Asia. Yet this article argues that his mission must be understood not as an episode of “gunboat diplomacy” resulting in “unequal treaties”, but rather as an example of largely non-coercive diplomacy occurring within an imperial framework.

Funder

NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

General Arts and Humanities,Cultural Studies

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