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This 5 page paper discusses this book by Robert Freeman Smith, which is an exploration into the history of relations between the United States and the Caribbean. This paper specifically deals with the first three chapters of the book, while also detailing the purpose of the entire book. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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interests and relations in the Caribbean in his book The Caribbean World and the United States - Mixing Rum and Coca Cola. This book explores the history of U.S.
involvement in this region and the first three chapters specifically delve into this issue pre-1970. From the beginning, the U.S.
realized the importance of the Caribbean from a military and political standpoint. Clearly this region presented a military threat that concerned the U.S. - even before the U.S. was
officially independent. At this point, the Caribbean was controlled by European powers, such as France and Britain. Furthermore, as time passed the U.S. (British controlled at the time),
began developing important economic ties to the region. "By 1775, close to 40% of all ships leaving the ports of New York and Boston sailed directly to the British
West Indies" (Freeman, p. 2). But in 1783, Spain closed the ports of Cuba, thereby eliminating the United States from realizing important
political and economic relationships between themselves and the Caribbean. This was a very significant event, because the U.S. had become so dependant upon the Caribbean for trade and economic
security, but also this relationship was a source of stability politically. This event then had a great deal to do with the postwar depression, since so much trade had
been riding upon Caribbean consumption, which abruptly came to an end. But the French Revolution offered the U.S. again an opportunity to trade with Cuba, and this steadily increased
to the point where again the Caribbean became very dependent upon this trade, and vice versa. But as the European conflict progressed, so too did tensions between this region
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