| 书目名称 | The War Against the Pirates | | 副标题 | British and American | | 编辑 | Barry Gough,Charles Borras | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Explores a secret Anglo-American coercive war against Spain in the nineteenth century.Based on previously unused archival sources from Great Britain and America.Argues that the roots of piracy and its | | 丛书名称 | Britain and the World | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .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.. | | 出版日期 | Book 2018 | | 关键词 | Piracy; Royal Navy; Invasion of Cuba; Invasion of Puerto Rico; Commodore Porter; US Navy; Cuba; Empire; Faja | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-31414-7 | | isbn_softcover | 978-1-349-59514-3 | | isbn_ebook | 978-1-137-31414-7Series ISSN 2947-7182 Series E-ISSN 2947-7190 | | issn_series | 2947-7182 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 |
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