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Following the success of World War II Rhode Island, author Christian McBurney returns, with new coauthors Norman Desmarais and Varoujan Karentz, to present extraordinary personal stories of local contributions to the war effort. From John F. Kennedy's training as a PT boat commander at Melville to George H.W. Bush's training as a pilot at Charlestown, the smallest state played an oversized role preparing navy officers and sailors. Important innovations are credited here too. Radar used on night-flying aircraft was developed at Jamestown's Spraycliff Observatory and tested at Charlestown, and at Davisville, Seabees developed a pontoon aircraft landing field tested on Narragansett Bay. Scituate was home to the nation's most successful spy listening station. After these and more captivating stories are revealed, the final chapter details existing World War II sites across the state readers can visit.

Untold Stories from World War II Rhode Island

History

Karentz, Varoujan

McBurney, Christian

Americas

History Press Library Editions

This is a comprehensive look at how France influenced the American Revolutionary War in a variety of ways: intellectually, financially, and militarily. It raises the crucial question of whether America could have won its independence without the aid of France. The book begins with an overview of the intellectual and ideological contributions of the French Enlightenment thinkers, called the philosophes, to the American and French revolutions. It then moves to cover the many forms of aid provided by France to support America during the Revolutionary War. This ranged from the covert aid France supplied America before her official entry into the war, to the French outfitters and merchants who provided much-needed military supplies to the Americans. When the war began, the colonists thought the French would welcome an opportunity to retaliate and regain their country. France also provided naval assistance, particularly to the American privateers who harassed British shipping and contributed to the increased shipping rates which added to Great Britain's economic hardships. France's military involvement in the war was equally as important. America's First Ally looks at the contributions of individual French officers and troops, arguing that America could not have won without them. Desmarais explores the international nature of a war which some people have called the first world war. When France and Spain entered the conflict, they fought the Crown forces in their respective areas of economic interest. In addition to the engagements in the Atlantic Ocean, along the American and European coasts and in the West Indies, there are accounts of action in India and the East Indies, South America and Africa. Also included are accounts drawn from ships' logs, court and auction records, newspapers, letters, diaries, journals, and pension applications. Table of Contents Introduction 1: Covert Aid 2: Outfitters and Suppliers 3: Canada: The Fourteenth Colony 4: Naval Assistance 5: Military Aid 6: The West and East Indies Epilogue

America's First Ally: France in the Revolutionary War

Casemate

The French were the archenemies of the British and her American colonies, particularly after the French and Indian War which was begun by George Washington. So, why did America look to the French as their principal ally in the American Revolution and why did General George Washington choose a Frenchman as his chief engineer? This biography of Louis Duportail, founder and first Commandant of the Army Corps of Engineers, begins by exploring those questions. It then explores the life of this man, who is virtually unknown in America and less known in his native France. This is an unique biography about an overlooked, even obscure, French officer that was instrumental in the American cause for independence. As a complete biography, it covers his return to France and his service in the French army. Cementing his role in the seminal events of the era, readers will also learn of his problems under the Reign of Terror and his escape to the United States where he purchased a quite farm near Valley Forge. It concludes with his unusual death at sea and the problems of settling his estate. Duportail died in the greatest anonymity, in the greatest indifference, without earthly burial, without military honors, a dedicated monument to his glory in service to France or the United States, and without intervention of his brothers in arms to honor and recall his memory.

Washington's Engineer: Louis Duportail and the Creation of an Army Corps

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Prometheus

Norman Desmarais carefully lays out the geographic and strategic contexts of each struggle and develops their dimensions with anecdotes and stories.

Guide to the American Revolutionary War in Canada and New England (Battlegrounds of Freedom);Battlegrounds of Freedom

Revolutionary Imprints

Norman Desmarais carefully lays out the geographic and strategic contexts of each struggle and developsthe human dimensions with anecdotes and stories.Conveniently organized by     geographic location Maps and photos help retrace each     battle in detail Websites noted for numerous     historical organizations Abundant references to visitor     centers, museums, and actual battleground sites

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New York

Norman Desmarais carefully lays out the geographic and strategic contexts of each struggle and develops the human dimensions with anecdotes and stories.
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<li>Conveniently organized by geographic location</li> <li>Maps and photos help retrace each battle in detail</li> <li>Websites noted for numerous historical organizations</li> <li>Abundant references to visitor centers, museums, and actual battleground sites</li>
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The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New Jersey: Battles, Raids and Skirmishes

Norman Desmarais carefully lays out the geographic and strategic contexts of each struggle and develops the human dimensions with anecdotes and stories.Conveniently organized by     geographic location Maps and photos help retrace each     battle in detail Websites noted for numerous     historical organizations Abundant references to visitor     centers, museums, and actual battleground sites

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina (Battlegrounds of Freedom)

The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in South Carolina

Norman Desmarais carefullylays out the geographic and strategic contexts of each struggle and developsthe human dimensions with anecdotes and stories. 
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<li>Conveniently organized by geographic location</li> <li>Maps and photos help retrace each battle in detail</li> <li>Websites noted for numerous historical organizations</li> <li>Abundant references to visitor centers, museums, and actual battleground sites</li>
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The Guide to the American Revolutionary War in the Deep South and on the Frontier

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