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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ferreiro, Larrie D.       by title:      Brothers at arms : A...       by call number:      973.3 F383b     Search the Web     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. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 973.3 F383b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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