Pulitzer Prize Finalist in History
Winner 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.