LEADER 03471nam 22005173 450 001 9910149455203321 005 20210901203211.0 010 $a1-101-87525-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000933206 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6040764 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6040764 035 $a(OCoLC)1156049390 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000933206 100 $a20210901d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBrothers at Arms $eAmerican Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It 210 1$aWestminster :$cKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016. 215 $a1 online resource (461 pages) 311 $a1-101-87524-0 330 $a"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 $30 billion and 90 percent of all guns used by the Americans, and they sent soldiers and sailors by the thousands to fight and die alongside the Americans, as well as around the world. Ferreiro adds to the historical records the names of French and Spanish diplomats, merchants, soldiers, and sailors whose contribution is at last given recognition. Instead of viewing the American Revolution in isolation, Brothers at Arms reveals the birth of the American nation as the centerpiece of an international coalition fighting against a common enemy"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"The remarkable untold story of how the American Revolution's success depended on substantial military and financial assistance provided by France and Spain, and places the Revolution in the context of the global strategic interests of those nations in their fight against Great Britain"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aUnited States$xRevolutionary Period (1775-1800) 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1775-1783 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xParticipation, French 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xParticipation, Spanish 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$y1760-1789 607 $aFrance$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zFrance 607 $aSpain$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zSpain 615 $aUnited States$xRevolutionary Period (1775-1800) 676 $a327.73009033 686 $aHIS036030$aHIS027110$aHIS010000$2bisacsh 700 $aFerreiro$b Larrie D$01208430 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910149455203321 996 $aBrothers at Arms$92887532 997 $aUNINA