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03487aam a22005053i 4500 001 C89328E490F111EA86A69E4897128E48 003 SILO 005 20200508010100 008 170927s2017 nyuab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1101910305 020 $a 9781101910306 035 $a (OCoLC)1004778576 040 $a TAJ $b eng $c TAJ $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d BTCTA $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCA $d OCL $d MLSOD $d YBM $d OCL $d SILO 043 $a e-sp--- $a e-uk--- $a e-fr--- $a e-sp--- 050 4 $a E249 $b .F47 2017 082 04 $a 327.73009/033 $2 23 100 1 $a Ferreiro, Larrie D., $e author. 245 10 $a Brothers at arms : $b American independence and the men of France & Spain who saved it / $c Larrie D. Ferreiro. 260 $a New York : $b Vintage Books $c 2017. 300 $a xxv, 429 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-412) and index. 505 0 $a Not 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 In this 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. 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. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1775-1783. 651 0 $a United States $x Participation, French. $y Revolution, 1775-1783 $x Participation, French. 651 0 $a United States $x Participation, Spanish. $y Revolution, 1775-1783 $x Participation, Spanish. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Foreign relations $y 1760-1789. 651 0 $a France $x Foreign relations $z Great Britain. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Foreign relations $z France. 651 0 $a Spain $x Foreign relations $z Great Britain. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Foreign relations $z Spain. 650 7 $a Diplomatic relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907412 650 7 $a Military participation $x French. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353722 650 7 $a Military participation $x Spanish. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353752 651 7 $a France. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204289 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 651 7 $a Spain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204303 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1760-1789 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 720 $a Ferreiro, Larrie D. 941 $a 1 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508022734.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C89328E490F111EA86A69E4897128E48 994 $a 92 $b UINInitiate Another SILO Locator Search