Screen LibraryThe French navy and American independence : a study of arms and diplomacy, 1774-1787 /
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 th...
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, N.J. : |
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[2015] ©2015 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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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.Since military action is a means of accomplishing diplomatic goals, even military victory can prove hollow. The author examines the American war not as a successful exercise of French power, but rather as a tragic failure based on economic and political miscalculations. Among the questions he asks are: What relationship did the war bear to overall French diplomacy? What strains did the limited nature of the war impose on French diplomacy and war strategy? How did the results of the war relate to the objectives with which France entered the conflict?Originally published in 1976.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(464pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781400868131 |
| Index Number: | E265 |
| CLC: | K712.41 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Glossary -- Maps -- CHAPTER ONE. 1774 The Inheritance of Louis XVI -- CHAPTER TWO. /77 J A n Empire at Peace, An Empire at War -- CHAPTER THREE. 1776 The Beginning of Limited Intervention -- CHAPTER FOUR. 7777 The Failure of Limited Intervention -- CHAPTER FIVE. 1778 War without Spain -- CHAPTER Six. 1779 War at the Center -- CHAPTER SEVEN. 1780 War at the Periphery -- CHAPTER EIGHT. 1781 The uAnnus Mirabilis" -- CHAPTER NINE. 1782 Disintegration and Reprieve -- CHAPTER TEN. 1783-1787 Epilogue -- APPENDIX A. The Naval and Colonial Budget, 1776-1783 -- APPENDIX B. Ships of the Line, August 1774 -- APPENDIX C. Ships of the Line, Changes, 1775- February 1783 -- APPENDIX D. Frigates -- APPENDIX E. Order of Battle, 1 July 1778 -- APPENDIX F. Order of Battle, 1 July 1779 -- APPENDIX G. Order of Battle, 1 July 1780 -- Appendix H. Order of Battle, 1 April 1781 -- APPENDIX I. Order of Battle, 1 April 1782 -- APPENDIX J. French Troops Sent to the Western Hemisphere, 1774-1782 -- APPENDIX K. Ships of the Line, 1 January 1181 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. |