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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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