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Title
The war against the pirates : British and American suppression of Caribbean piracy in the early nineteenth century / Barry Gough, Charles Borras.
ISBN
9781137314147 (electronic book)
1137314141 (electronic book)
9780230354814
0230354815
Published
London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : maps.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1057/978-1-137-31414-7 doi
Call Number
F2161 .G68 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
972.9/04
Summary
Based on hitherto unused sources in English and Spanish in British and American archives, in this book naval historian Barry Gough and legal authority Charles Borras investigate a secret Anglo-American coercive war against Spain, 1815-1835. Described as a war against piracy at the time, the authors explore how British and American interests – diplomatic and military – aligned to contain Spanish power to the critically influential islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico, facilitating the forging of an enduring but unproclaimed Anglo-American alliance which endures to this day. Due attention is given to United States Navy actions under Commodore David Porter, to this day a subject of controversy. More significantly though, through the juxtaposition of British, American and Spanish sources, this book uncovers the roots of piracy – and suppression– that laid the foundation for the tortured decline of the Spanish empire in the Americas and the subsequent rise of British and American empires, instrumental in stamping out Caribbean piracy for good.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
Britain and the world.
Intro; Preface and Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Prologue: Piracy in the Historical Literature; Cuba and Puerto Rico as Focal Points; The Historiographical Legacy; The Political Economy of Piracy; Chapter 2: Cockpit of Empires; Chapter 3: The Law of Piracy; Chapter 4: Crossroads of the American Seas: Gulf, Cuba, and Puerto Rico; The Gulf; Cuba; Puerto Rico; Chapter 5: Royal Navy at Work; Chapter 6: US Navy Operations; Chapter 7: Commodore Porter and the Fajardo Affair; Chapter 8: Common Cause: Royal Navy and US Navy Operations
The Piratical Seizure of the Mexican and the Capture of the PandaAnglo-American Cooperation at Sea-and Tensions; Chapter 9: Conclusion: The Emergent Alliance; Appendix A: Chronology of Invasions of Cuba, 1812-1850; Appendix B: Chronology of Invasions of Puerto Rico, 1800-1850; Appendix C: Sailing Orders to Commodore Porter 1 February 1823; Bibliography; Index
