Brothers at arms : American independence and the men of France and Spain who saved it

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Brothers at arms : American independence and the men of France and Spain who saved it

Title remainder

American independence and the men of France and Spain who saved it

Statement of responsibility

Larrie D. Ferreiro

Creator

• trueFerreiro, Larrie D

Author

• trueFerreiro, Larrie D

Subject

• 1760-1789
• trueAmerican Revolution, 1775-1783
• Diplomatic relations
• France
• trueFrance -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
• Great Britain
• trueGreat Britain -- Foreign relations
• trueGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1760-1789
• trueGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- France
• trueGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- Spain
• HISTORY -- Europe -- General
• HISTORY -- Military | United States
• HISTORY -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
• History
• trueInternational relations
• International relations -- History
• Spain
• trueSpain -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
• United States
• trueUnited States -- Foreign relations
• trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783
• trueUnited States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- French participation
• trueUnited States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, French
• trueUnited States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, Spanish
• trueUnited States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Spanish participation
• American Revolution (1775-1783)
• trueAlliances

Genre

• trueHistory

Language

eng

Summary

"The remarkable untold story of how the American Revolution's success depended on substantial military assistance provided by France and Spain, and places the Revolution in the context of the global strategic interests of those nations in their fight against England. In this groundbreaking, revisionist history, 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. In his detailed accounts Ferreiro shows that 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"--

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed
• trueScholarly

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Provided by publisher

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

327.73009/033

Illustrations

• maps
• portraits

Index

index present

LC call number

E249

LC item number

.F47 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography