2005 Scholar's Bookshelf Reprint. An invaluable, highly detailed history of the closing campaign of the American Revolution, with extensive material on the French-American alliance and the roles played both in the diplomatic background and the military history of the campaign by Louis XVI, Franklin, Vergennes, DEstaing, Rochambeau, and Lafayette. The work includes special chapters on Clinton and Cornwallis, the sea battle off the capes of Virginia, and the siege and surrender of the British. Originally published in 1931 by the U.S. Government Printing Office to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the events. 2005:219 pages, illustrated. Softcover.