French Covert Action in the American Revolution - Memoirs and Occasional Papers Series (Paperback)

U.S. intelligence specialist James M. Potts shows how covert French military aid changed the course of history by enabling the rebellious Americans to hold off the forces of George III, most notably in the pivotal battle of Saratoga in October 1777. Potts probes the actions of Louis XVI's government in secretly providing vital arms and ammunition to George Washington's forces-and much-needed subsidies to the Continental Congress-in the critical early years of the American Revolution, 1776 to 1778. Drawing heavily on contemporaneous French government archives and other historical sources, Potts brings to life the colorful leading characters in the drama: French Foreign Minister le Comte de Vergennes; Vergennes's principal agent, the playwright Beaumarchais; Lord Stormont, King George's ambassador in Paris; Benjamin Franklin, the wily American Commissioner in Paris; and numerous perpetrators of high intrigue on land and sea. Highly effective British counterespionage operations, whose American agents had penetrated Franklin's mission in Paris, even intercepted his letters to the Continental Congress. Joining the Americans openly in 1778 in their war against the British, France moved e

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Imprint:	Iuniverse, Inc.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2005
First published:	October 2005
Authors:	James M. Potts
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	212
ISBN-13:	978-0-595-36147-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-595-36147-1
Barcode:	9780595361472

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