How the French Saved America: Soldiers, Sailors, Diplomats, Louis XVI, and the Success of a Revolution

by Tom Shachtman

Book Overview

Americans today have a love/hate relationship with France, but in How the French Saved America Tom Shachtman shows that without France, there might not be a United States of America.

To the rebelling colonies, French assistance made the difference between looming defeat and eventual triumph. Even before the Declaration of Independence was issued, King Louis XVI and French foreign minister Vergennes were aiding the rebels...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250080878
• ISBN13: 9781250080875
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"