The Rhoad Island Campain: The First French and American Operation in the Revolutionary War

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The Rhode Island Campaign: The First French and American Operation in the Revolutionary War

by author Christian M. McBurney

Mr. McBurney will discuss his new book which is a most detailed study of the joint French and American effort to capture the British garrison occupying Newport, Rhode Island during July and August of 1778 .  One of the most complex and multi-faceted events of the Revolutionary War, the campaign combined land and sea strategies and featured controversial decisions on both sides.  Significant participants include Count d'Estaing, John Sullivan, Nathaniel Green, Lafayette, John Hancock, and Paul Revere.