923: 7/8 Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It, by Larrie D. Ferreiro
Image: Don Diego de Gardoqui (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Diego_de_Gardoqui) , of the Gardoqui trading company that had greatly assisted the rebels during the war, was appointed as Spain's first ambassador to the United States of America in 1784. Gardoqui became well acquainted with George Washington (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington) , and marched in the newly elected President Washington's inaugural parade. King Charles III of Spain (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_III_of_Spain) continued communications with Washington, sending him livestock from Spain that Washington had requested for his farm at Mount Vernon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon) . 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