How the French Saved America: Soldiers, Sailors, Diplomats, Louis XVI, and the Success of a Revolution

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Americans today have a love/hate relationship with France, but in How the French Saved America Tom Shachtman shows that without France, there might not be a United States of America. To the rebelling colonies, French assistance made the difference between looming defeat and eventual triumph.

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