Brothers At Arms by Larrie D Ferreiro
Pulitzer Prize Finalist in History Winner of the Journal of the American Revolution 2016 Book of the Year Award 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.Imperial College London awarded Larrie D.Ferreiro a doctorate in the History of Science and Technology. He teaches history and engineering at Virginia's George Mason University and New Jersey's Stevens Institute of Technology. He spent 35 years in the US Navy, US Coast Guard, and Department of Defense, as well as serving as an exchange engineer in the French Navy. Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition That Changed the World and Ships and Science: The Origins of Naval Architecture in the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1800 are two of his books. In Virginia, he lives with his wife and their two sons.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781101875247 |
| ISBN 10 | 1101875240 |
| Title | Brothers At Arms |
| Author | Larrie D Ferreiro |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Year published | 2016-11-15 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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