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By Jonathan R. Dull

The Seven Years’ warfare was once the world’s first worldwide clash, spanning 5 continents and the severe sea lanes that attached them. This ebook is the fullest account ever written of the French navy’s position within the hostilities. it's also the main entire survey of either stages of the battle: the French and Indian struggle in North the US (1754–60) and the Seven Years’ struggle in Europe (1756–63), that are mostly handled independently. via contemplating either levels of the battle from each attitude, award-winning historian Jonathan R. boring exhibits not just that the 2 conflicts are so interconnected that neither might be absolutely understood in isolation but in addition that conventional interpretations of the battle are principally misguided. His paintings additionally finds how the French military, supposedly totally overwhelmed, can have figured so prominently within the warfare of yank Independence basically fifteen years later.

A entire paintings integrating diplomatic, naval, army, and political background, The French army and the Seven Years’ War completely explores the French point of view at the Seven Years’ warfare. It additionally experiences British international relations and conflict process in addition to the jobs performed through the yankee colonies, Spain, Austria, Prussia, Russia, Sweden, and Portugal. As this historical past unfolds, it turns into transparent that French coverage used to be extra constant, logical, and profitable than has formerly been stated, and that King Louis XV’s behavior of the battle profoundly affected the result of America’s next progressive War.

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