America's First Ally: France in the Revolutionary War

by Norman Desmarais

Book Overview

This is a comprehensive look at how France influenced the American Revolutionary War in a variety of ways: intellectually, financially, and militarily. It raises the crucial question of whether America could have won its independence without the aid of France.

The book begins with an overview of the intellectual and ideological contributions of the French Enlightenment thinkers, called the philosophes, to the American and French revolutions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612007015
• ISBN13: 9781612007014
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Casemate
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"