923: 8/8 Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It, by Larrie D. Ferreiro
Image: “On June 17, 1775, Patriot New Englanders faced the might of the British Army in a battle known today as Bunker Hill. Included among their muskets—often without bayonets or lugs at this stage of the war—were arms of English, French, American and Dutch origin. Dutch muskets were common from the very beginnings of the American Revolution and were employed through the end of the epic conflict.” Photo: Koppel radslotbuksen met sleutel van Cornelis Tromp, anoniem, ca. 1650 - ca. 1690 – Dutch firearms; from the Rijksmuseum. Thank you, Holland! 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 .. .. ..