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020			_a9781101875247 (hardback)
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100	1		_aFerreiro, Larrie D., _eautor.
245	1	0	_aBrothers at arms : _bAmerican independence and the men of France & Spain who saved it / _cLarrie D. Ferreiro.
264		1	_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c[2016]
300			_axxv, 429 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm
505			_aNot 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.
520			_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.
520			_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.
650		7	_aHISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800). _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY / Military / United States. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY / Europe / General. _2bisacsh
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _y1775-1783.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783 _xParticipation, French.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yRevolution, 1775-1783 _xParticipation, Spanish.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xForeign relations _y1760-1789.
651		0	_aFrance _xForeign relations _zGreat Britain.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xForeign relations _zFrance.
651		0	_aSpain _xForeign relations _zGreat Britain.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xForeign relations _zSpain.
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xRelaciones exteriores _y1775-1783. _974
651		0	_aEstados Unidos _xHistoria _yRevolución, 1775-1783 _92796
651		4	_aGran Bretaña _xRelaciones exteriores _9779
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aFerreiro, Larrie D., author. _tBrothers at arms _dNew York : Knopf, 2016 _z9781101875254 _w(DLC) 2016034751
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