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Description

399 p. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

The great inversion: America and Europe in the 18th century revolution / Robert Palmer -- Mirage in the West: French philosophes rediscover America / Durand Echeverria -- Sturm und Drang: German intellectuals and the American Revolution / Elisha Douglass -- Merchant, gentry, and intellectual: British opinion and the American Revolution / J.H. Plumb -- The Irish Revolutionary Movement and American Independence / Owen Dudley Edwards -- Italy and the American Image in the 18th century / Antonio Pace -- Pitt the Elder: liberty and empire in America / Stanley Ayling -- Edmund Burke: advocate for American autonomy / Gerald Chapman -- David Hartley: England's advocate of conciliation / George H. Guttridge -- The American Revolution and the British Press / Solomon Lutnick -- Franklin, Vergennes, and the Treaty of Alliance / Richard W. Van Alstyne -- John Jay in Madrid: empire before independence / Richard B. Morris -- Francis Dana and the Court of Catherine the Great / David M. Griffiths -- "Militia diplomacy": John Adams invades the Netherlands / Jan W. Schulte Nordholt.

Tom Paine: "Godfather to America / David Freeman Hawke --Lafayette: from aristocratical freedom to American liberty / Lloyd S. Kramer --Kosciusko: hero of two worlds / Thomas Froncek -- Rochambeau in America: "Old Papa" opts for Yorktown / Arnold Whitridge -- Admiral De Grasse: savior of the revolution / Charles Lee Lewis -- The war for independence and the "Gathering Storm" in Europe / Richard W. Van Alstyne -- The Treaty of Paris: an international affair / Richard B. Morris -- European expectations and the American response / Charles W. Toth.

Subject

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Influence.

United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783.

Added Author

Toth, Charles W.

ISBN

0878753508