Brothers at Arms : American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It

• Autore: Ferreiro Larrie D
• Pubblicazione: Westminster : , : Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (461 pages)
• Disciplina: 327.73009033
• Soggetto topico: United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations 1775-1783; United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Participation, French; United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Participation, Spanish; 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
• Classificazione: HIS036030HIS027110HIS010000
• Sommario/riassunto: "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"--; "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"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Brothers at Arms
• ISBN: 1-101-87525-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910149455203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II