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Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. xi*Glossary, pg. xiii*Maps, pg. xvii*CHAPTER ONE. 1774-The Inheritance of Louis XVI, pg. 3*CHAPTER TWO. /77 J - A n Empire at Peace, An Empire at War, pg. 16*CHAPTER THREE. 1776-The Beginning of Limited Intervention, pg. 30*CHAPTER FOUR. 7777-The Failure of Limited Intervention, pg. 66*CHAPTER FIVE. 1778- War without Spain, pg. 95*CHAPTER Six. 1779-War at the Center, pg. 136*CHAPTER SEVEN. 1780-War at the Periphery, pg. 173*CHAPTER EIGHT. 1781-The uAnnus Mirabilis", pg. 211*CHAPTER NINE. 1782-Disintegration and Reprieve, pg. 262*CHAPTER TEN. 1783-1787-Epilogue, pg. 336*APPENDIX A. The Naval and Colonial Budget, 1776-1783, pg. 345*APPENDIX B. Ships of the Line, August 1774, pg. 351*APPENDIX C. Ships of the Line, Changes, 1775- February 1783, pg. 352*APPENDIX D. Frigates, pg. 356*APPENDIX E. Order of Battle, 1 July 1778, pg. 359*APPENDIX F. Order of Battle, 1 July 1779, pg. 361*APPENDIX G. Order of Battle, 1 July 1780, pg. 365*Appendix H. Order of Battle, 1 April 1781, pg. 369*APPENDIX I. Order of Battle, 1 April 1782, pg. 373*APPENDIX J. French Troops Sent to the Western Hemisphere, 1774-1782, pg. 377*APPENDIX K. Ships of the Line, 1 January 1181, pg. 378*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 379*INDEX, pg. 425