| Book Reviews | The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 131.1

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Naval Documents of the American Revolution. Vol. 11, American Theater: January 1, 1778–March 31, 1778. European Theater: January 1, 1778–March 31, 1778. Edited by Michael J. Crawford et al. (Washington, DC: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, 2005. xxx, 1365p. Illustrations, maps and charts, notes, appendices, index. $82.)

Few people will read this book cover to cover. At almost 1,200 pages of documents organized chronologically by day, the eleventh volume in the Naval Documents of the American Revolution series is not exactly a page turner. And yet there is a drama to this volume all its own. The book covers a crucial three months in the Revolutionary War—the first three months of 1778—as France prepares to enter the war against Great Britain and turn its surreptitious aid into overt support. This theme is the subtext of the first 855 pages covering the American theater of the war and emerges much more prominently in the last 339 pages on the European theater.

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