Table of Contents
Foreword John L. Gray vii
Introduction: The American Revolution and the Second Hundred Years' War Larrie D. Ferreiro 1
Timeline of the American Revolution 10
Part I Major Powers
Global Revolutions Alan Taylor 16
Antoine-Félix Wuibert 33
The British Grand Strategy Andrew Lambert 34
French Naval Operations Olivier Chaline Jean-Marie Kowalski 52
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais 67
Spanish Naval Operations Agustín Guimerá Ravina José María Blanco Núñez Mary Deirdre Casey 68
Uniforms, Supplies, and Money from Spain José M. Guerrero Acosta Larrie D. Ferreiro 86
Part II At the Edges
British Global Ambitions and Indian Identity Richard Sambasivam 92
Revolution in America and the Dutch Republic Alan Lemmers 108
John Paul Jones 127
The International War on the Gulf Coast Kathleen DuVal 128
Lafayette Patrick Villiers Larrie D. Ferreiro 142
Horatio Nelson 159
War Supplies from the Low Countries Marion Huibrechts 160
Part III Legacies
Hessian Savages, Frog-Eating Frenchmen, and Virtuous Americans Robert A. Selig 170
Francis Peirson 187
Saint-Domingue's Free Men of Color John D. Garrigus 188
Crafting the Peace David J. Hancock 192
Reimagining the American Revolution David K. Allison 206
Rewriting the American Revolution Larrie D. Ferreiro 224
References 238
List of Contributors 250
Acknowledgments 254
Index 255