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050 4 $aF2161$b.G68 2018
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100 1 $aGough, Barry M.,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe war against the pirates :$bBritish and American suppression of Caribbean piracy in the early nineteenth century /$cBarry Gough, Charles Borras.
264 1 $aLondon, United Kingdom :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c[2018]
264 4 $c©2018
300 $axix, 221 pages :$bmaps ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aBritain and the world
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.
505 0 $a1. Prologue: Piracy in the Historical Literature -- 2. Cockpit of Empires -- 3. The Law of Piracy -- 4. Crossroads of the American Seas: Gulf, Cuba, and Puerto Rico -- 5. Royal Navy at Work -- 6. US Navy Operations -- 7. Commodore Porter and the Fajardo Affair -- 8. Common Cause: Royal Navy and US Navy Operations -- 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.
520 $aBased 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 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 subsewuent rise of British and American empires, instrumental in stamping out Caribbean piracy for good--back cover.
650 0 $aPirates$zCaribbean Area$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aPiracy$xPrevention$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aSpain$xHistory, Naval$y19th century.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xHistory, Naval$y19th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory, Naval$yTo 1900.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
700 1 $aBorras, Charles,$eauthor.
830 0 $aBritain and the world.
852 00 $bglx$hF2161$i.G68 2018