Description: "American independence would not have been achieved without diplomatic, financial, and military support from Europe. And without recognition from powerful European nations, the young country would never have assumed an independent status "amongst the powers of the earth." This collection of essays not only offers new glimpses into the ways in which various European powers and actors enabled American patriots to fight and win the war, it also highlights the American Revolution's short- and long-term impact on the Atlantic world"--
Review Quotes:
The essays range widely, discussing such topics as commercial and political aspects of European diplomacy, operational analysis of the naval war in the Chesapeake, and the transatlantic connections between the American and French Revolutions. All of the works are well written and researched. Many make use of multinational archives and sources that long have been ignored. This work should prove of interest to both scholars and students of the revolutionary Atlantic.
--H-Early-America