923: 4/8 Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It, by Larrie D. Ferreiro
Image: “Whether tracing the flow of aid, troops, and sailors from Europe to America, showing the impact of military engagements on land and sea in the Caribbean and other parts of the world on the war between Britain and its rebellious colonies, or even highlighting how a particularly devastating hurricane season in 1780 hamstrung the British navy providing Spain with a window of opportunity in the Caribbean, Ferreiro successfully places the American Revolution in a global context.” The Great Hurricane of 1780, also known as Huracán San Calixto, the Great Hurricane of the Antilles, and the 1780 Disaster, is the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. Engraving: HMS Egmont (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Egmont_(1768)) , when dismasted on 11 October near the Island of St Lucia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Lucia) Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It,by Larrie D. Ferreiro (https://www.amazon.com/Larrie-D-Ferreiro/e/B001ITTT9A/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1) 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 per cent 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. https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Arms-American-Independence-France-ebook/dp/B01C1LWZ5S/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Larrie+Ferriero&qid=1609290834&s=digital-text&sr=1-1-spell