Spain and the American Revolution

Gabriel Paquette is Professor of History and International Studies at the University of Oregon and author of The European Seaborne Empires: From the Thirty Years' War to the Age of Revolutions. Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia, a senior Spanish diplomat, is author of Bernardo de Galvez: Spanish Hero of the American Revolution, winner of the Society for Military History's Best Book Prize.

Throughout this volume, the authors reclaim Spain's rightful place in the centrality of the American Revolution. As historiography moves into a more Atlantic context, Spain deserves more attention in the historical analysis . . . The chapters incorporated in this volume will be invaluable for any student of the American Revolution, Spanish-American borderlands, or the Atlantic world in the Age of Revolutions.--Colin Mathison (University of Mississippi) "H-Early-America" A mosaic that adds several new insights. -- "Hispanic American Historical Review" This well-crafted collection of essays promises to refocus scholarly attention on the crucial monetary and military assistance that Spain provided the revolutionaries in the War of the American Revolution. This book will undoubtedly stimulate further research on this important topic, and the volume will be of interest to students and specialists of Latin American, early U.S., and Atlantic World history. --Kenneth J. Andrien, Southern Methodist University