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Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It
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About Brothers At Arms: American Independence And The Men
Product Description Pulitzer Prize Finalist in HistoryWinner of the Journal of the American Revolution 2016 Book of the Year Award At the time the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord the American 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 Larrie Ferreiro shows that without the extensive military and financial support of the French and Spanish, the American cause would never have succeeded. 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. Review “ Brothers at Arms is an impressive work that will serve as the definitive account of the role of France and Spain in the American Revolution for many years to come. With magisterial command of diplomatic and military history on both sides of the Atlantic, Ferreiro elucidates the webs that connected American revolutionaries to major and minor figures within the French and Spanish empires with remarkable clarity and detail.” —Jeffrey Stanley (Dalton State College), H-Diplo, H-Net Reviews “Remarkable. . . . Brothers at Arms is one of the most important books on the American Revolution published in this decade.” — Dallas Morning News “[I]n his wide-ranging study . . . [Ferreiro] draws attention to people and events that George Washington and the other eminent founders routinely overshadow. The result is a familiar story told from a new vantage point. Revisionist in the best sense, Mr. Ferreiro’s book deftly locates the war within the rivalrous 18th-century Atlantic world. . . . . Impressive.” — The Wall Street Journal “Engaging and informative, Ferreiro’s Brothers at Arms refutes the widely-held view that the Marquis de Lafayette alone represented France until Vicomte de Rochambeau and Admiral de Grasse sealed the fate of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. . . . Ferreiro is a skillful storyteller. His experience in the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and Department of Defense, and as an exchange engineer in the French Navy, is on display in his descriptions of battles on land and at sea. Brothers at Arms is filled with telling—and titillating—details. . . . In the end, however, the enduring importance of Brothers at Arms is Ferreiro’s accurate (and perhaps humbling) reminder that when Brig. Gen. O’Hara, representing Cornwallis, emerged at Yorktown to surrender, and turned toward Rochambeau, he was acknowledging that the victory was as much France’s as it was America’s. And when Rochambeau wordlessly pointed him across the lane toward Washington, he was ‘well aware to whom belonged the moment.’ After all, as Ferreiro concludes, ‘the American nation was born as the centerpiece of an international coalition.’” —Glenn Altschuler, Tulsa World “Imporant as scholarship, Ferreiro’s history is also eminently fluid for all readers interested in the U.S.’s beginning.” —Gilbert Taylor, Booklist “Even seasoned American history readers will likely find new content on a pivotal era.” — Library Journal (starred review) “Ferreiro mounts a deeply informed, authoritative, and compelling argument for the importance of two major European powers to American independence. ‘Instead of the myth of heroic self-sufficiency,’ he writes, ‘the real story is that the American nation was born as the centerpiece of an international coalition.’ . . . Besides offering a vivid chronicle of combat, the author traces the tense negotiations between American emissaries in Europe—notably Benja
