DIME and the French Impact on the War for American Independence

Abstract

Exploring S and W course themes, this essay will apply critical analysis to the American War for Independence. It will examine the American Revolution through each sides application of The Instruments of War, and will analyze the conflict through a lens of The Rational Calculus of War. It will answer the question of if the Patriots, through means available to them throughout the various stages of the conflict, could have achieved their goal of recognized and sovereign independence from Great Britain (Ends) without the aid of France. It will furthermore analyze their limited aims in the goal of independence from the perspective of a theme of War Termination. It will incorporate the strategy and methods of Joint and Combined warfare applied by French and Colonial operations (Ways) in what eventually became the multinational arena and will additionally analyze the instruments of national power available to the Patriots in support of their objective (Means).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 2020
Accession Number
AD1104274

Entities

People

  • Stuart K. Douglas

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Alliances
  • American Revolution
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Calculus
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Insurgency
  • Military Strategy
  • National Governments
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • New York
  • North America
  • Political Systems
  • Revolutions
  • Security
  • Taxes
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Universities
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies