The war against the pirates : British and American suppression of Caribbean piracy in the early nineteenth century / Barry Gough, Charles Borras.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gough, Barry M., author.

Borras, Charles, author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Britain and the world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piracy--Prevention.

History.

Pirates.

International relations.

Naval history.

Spain--History, Naval--19th century.

Spain.

Great Britain--History, Naval--19th century.

Great Britain.

United States--History, Naval--19th century.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States--History--19th century.

Pirates--Caribbean Area--History--19th century.

Piracy--Prevention--History--19th century.

Piracy.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

xix, 221 pages : maps ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

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 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.

Contents:

1. 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0230354815

9780230354814

OCLC:

1016047184