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Against All Odds

Spain and the Global Struggle for US Independence
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Recognizing Spain as a crucial contributor to the United States' successful bid for independence Historians increasingly recognize the global dimensions of the American Revolutionary War, and the essays in this indispensable collection highlight the pivotal role played by Spain in the US bid for independence. Together, they cover the unheralded role of Native Americans and Spanish Black militias in the conflict, reveal new insights into the war's naval and military engagements, and assess the subsequent impact of the new United States on the Spanish American empire. In this volume, Spain emerges as a decisive rather than a declining power in a late eighteenth-century world of revolutions, one whose impact on the American Revolution is only now fully coming to light. Contributors: Jose Maria Blanco Nunez, Real Academia de la Historia (Spain) * Douglas Bradburn, George Washington's Mount Vernon * Kathleen DuVal, University of North Carolina * Larrie D. Ferreiro, George Mason University * Eliga H. Gould, University of New Hampshire * Jose Manuel Guerrero Acosta, Academy of Military Science and Art * Agustin Guimera Ravina, Spanish National Research Council * Sylvia L. Hilton, Complutense University of Madrid * Richard L. Kagan, Johns Hopkins University * Jane Landers, Vanderbilt University * Manuel Lucena Giraldo, Spanish Council for Scienti?c Research * Gabriel Paquette, University of Maine * Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia, Real Academia de la Historia * Juan Luis Simal, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia, PhD, SJD, a senior Spanish diplomat, is the author of Bernardo de Galvez: Spanish Hero of the American Revolution and El enemigo de mi enemigo: Espana en la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos de Norteamerica (1775-1783).
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