Dec 16, 2009

The First Salute | The First Salute

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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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The First Salute | The First Salute

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