The French Navy and American Independence —— A Study of Arms and Diplomacy, 1774-1787

----- 法国海军和美国独立：武器与外交研究，1774-1787

ISBN: 9780691617558 出版年：2015 页码：458 Dull, Jonathan R Princeton University Press

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.