![]() | The French Navy and American Independence: A Study of Arms and Diplomacy, 1774-1787: A Study of Arms and Diplomacy, 1774-1787 Subjects: United States -- History -- Revolution 1775-1783 -- French participation; United States -- History -- Revolution 1775-1783 -- Naval operations; France -- Foreign relations -- 1774-1793; Military history is an essential component of wartime diplomatic history, Jonathan R. Dull contends, and this belief shapes his account of the French navy as the means by which French diplomacy helped to win American independence. The author discusses the place of long-range naval requirements in the French decision to aid the American colonists, the part played by naval rivalry in the transition from limited aid to full-scale war, and the ways naval considerations affected French wartime diplomacy. His book focuses on military strategy and diplomatic requirements in a setting in which military officers themselves did not participate directly in decision-making, but in which diplomats had to take continual account of military needs. |
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