The Diplomacy of the American Revolution

Samuel Flagg Bemis, Ben Judge

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English

Encounter Books,USA
22 May 2024

History of the Americas; Social & political philosophy; Social discrimination; Constitution: government & the state; Revolutionary groups & movements

""To the superficial observer there would seem never to have been an age less propitious for the birth of a new nation. The tendency of the times was altogether for the aggrandizement of big states and the consolidation of their territory at the expense of the little ones, for the extinction of the weaker nations and governments rather than for the creation of new ones. Nevertheless it was this bitter cut-throat international rivalry which was to make American independence possible.""

On April 15th, 1783, the Articles of Peace between the United States and Great Britain went into effect proclaiming that ""His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the United States...to be free Sovereign and independent States."" That recognition, the origins of which began almost seven years earlier in Philadelphia, the fate of which was uncertain at Valley Forge and ultimately vindicated at Yorktown, represented a monumental achievement for the new American nation. It also, as Samuel Flagg Bemis shows us, marked the end of a world war.

This book explains the ambitions and interests of European powers during the American Revolution. France's search for revenge against Britain after the French and Indian War, Spain's attempt to retake Gibraltar, the complicated trade interests of the Netherlands and Russia, Austria's fears of a two-front war

each of these saw America's struggle for independence as an event that affected their own strategies. And, as Bemis shows us, it is through that prism that we should consider the actions of those who supported America and Great Britain.

By: Samuel Flagg Bemis
Introduction by: Ben Judge
Imprint: Encounter Books,USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781641773751
ISBN 10: 1641773758
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 22 May 2024
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

BEN JUDGE is president of The America Fund. He is the editor of United and Independent: John Quincy Adams on American Foreign Policy and creator and executive producer of the documentary Right Makes Might: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Ben holds a PhD in political science from Claremont Graduate University and served in the United States Navy Reserve.