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Ferreiro, Larrie D.
Subjects
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, Spanish.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1760-1789.
France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France.
Spain -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Spain.
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Ferreiro, Larrie D.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, Spanish.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1760-1789.
France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France.
Spain -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Spain.
MARC Display
Brothers
at
arms
:
American
independence
and the
men
of
France
&
Spain
who
saved
it / Larrie D. Ferreiro.
by
Ferreiro, Larrie D.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Call #:
973.3 F383b
Subjects
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, Spanish.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1760-1789.
France
-- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations --
France
.
Spain
-- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations --
Spain
.
ISBN:
9781101875247 (hc.)
Alternate title:
American
independence
and the
men
of
France
&
Spain
who
saved
it
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
xxv, 429 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-412) and index.
Contents:
Not just the Declaration of
Independence
but also a declaration that we depend on
France
(and
Spain
, too) -- The road to war -- The merchants -- The ministers -- The soldiers -- The sailors -- The pieces converge -- The endgame -- The road to peace -- The legacy.
Summary:
"How the
American
Revolution's success depended on substantial military assistance provided by
France
and
Spain
. The author places the Revolution in the context of the global strategic interests of those nations in their fight against England. Larrie Ferreiro shows that at the time the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord the colonists had little chance, if any, of militarily defeating the British. The nascent
American
nation had no navy, little in the way of artillery, and a militia bereft even of gunpowder. Without the extensive military and financial support of the French and Spanish, the
American
cause would never have succeeded.
France
and
Spain
provided close to the equivalent of $30 billion and 90 percent of all guns used by the Americans, and they sent soldiers and sailors by the thousands to fight and die alongside the Americans, as well as around the world. Ferreiro adds to the historical records the names of French and Spanish diplomats, merchants, soldiers, and sailors whose contribution is at last given recognition. Instead of viewing the
American
Revolution in isolation,
Brothers
at
Arms
reveals the birth of the
American
nation as the centerpiece of an international coalition fighting against a common enemy. Larrie D. Ferreiro teaches history and engineering at George Mason University in Virginia"--Provided by publisher.
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