The First Salute (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Barbara Wertheim
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: History
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Revolutionaries, Colonies or colonization, Leadership, Revolutions, American Revolution, War, Eighteenth century, Armies, Battles, Diplomacy or diplomats, Navies
- Locales: England, West Indies, American colonies
The opening chapter of THE FIRST SALUTE relates a little-known but important incident of the American Revolution: a ritual salute fired in recognition of the American ship “Andrew Doria” by the Dutch garrison at Saint Eustatius in the West Indies, the first official recognition by a foreign power of America as an independent nation. The significance of that event, and the background leading up to the Dutch commander’s actions, occupies the first half of Tuchman’s narrative. Giving readers a heavy dose of the history of Anglo-Dutch relations, she explains how the deterioration of...
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