This is a narrative history of the tumultuous years of the American War of Independence, using the salute of the St Eustatius as the starting point in an examination of the rivalries that determined Europe's crucial role in the American struggle.
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Barbara Tuchman (1912-1989) was one of America's foremost popular historians since the war. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Guns of August and The Zimmermann Telegram. A master of detail with a powerful grasp of complex historical issues Tuchman's great style brings the past vividly to life.
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Beginning with the salute to the American Flag in the harbor of St. Eustatius on November 16, 1776, Barbara Tuchman tells a military history of the American Revolution from the perspective of the four, yes, four, countries most deeply involved, America, The Netherlands, Britain and France. The focus of “The First Salute” is on the military and naval aspects of the war, not the political or social. This book explains the role of the Dutch merchants of St. Eustatius in supplying the Continentals with supplies of war. The reader is introduced to the main characters, American, British and French who planned and executed the battles that decided the fate of a Continent. This book deals with the main flow of the war, rather than the tactics of individual battles. More attention is paid to naval matters than in most other histories of the war.
Although generally well written, through most of the book I was trying to discern its unifying theme. By the end, the theme of international cooperation and competition in the war shone through. “The First Salute” is not a good choice for a first history of the revolution, but will serve to broaden and deepen the understanding of one already familiar with the war.
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A fascinating insight into the complexities behind the American Revolution. The involvement of the main European powers is often overlooked and this view is well explored.
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I concur that this book is a remarkably readible and entertaining story of American revolutionary supply by the Dutch and interdiction by the British. However, we must warn readers that the title is a bit misleading. The "First Salute" meant here is NOT to the Stars and Stripes, but to the American flag which preceded the Old Glory - the Grand Union Flag. This is the flag that flew on the Andrew Doria (USS is also a misnomer, there was no United States until 1789). The actual first salute to the Stars and Stripes was given by the French and received by John Paul Jones' flagship USS Ranger almost a year later when that vessel was leaving Quiberon harbor.
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