03471nam 22005173 450 991014945520332120210901203211.01-101-87525-9(CKB)3710000000933206(MiAaPQ)EBC6040764(Au-PeEL)EBL6040764(OCoLC)1156049390(EXLCZ)99371000000093320620210901d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBrothers at Arms American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved ItWestminster :Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group,2016.©2016.1 online resource (461 pages)1-101-87524-0 "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"--Provided by publisher."The remarkable untold story of how the American Revolution's success depended on substantial military and financial 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 Great Britain"--Provided by publisher.United StatesRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)United StatesForeign relations1775-1783United StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783Participation, FrenchUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783Participation, SpanishGreat BritainForeign relations1760-1789FranceForeign relationsGreat BritainGreat BritainForeign relationsFranceSpainForeign relationsGreat BritainGreat BritainForeign relationsSpainUnited StatesRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)327.73009033HIS036030HIS027110HIS010000bisacshFerreiro Larrie D1208430MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910149455203321Brothers at Arms2887532UNINA