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  • A Double-Edged Sword

    The Biography of Commodore Jesse Duncan Elliott, 1782–1845

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  • A Fortified Sea

    The Defense of the Caribbean in the Eighteenth Century

    Series series Maritime Currents: History and Archaeology
    WINNER OF THE SOCIETY FOR MILITARY HISTORY'S 2025 DISTINGUISHED BOOK AWARDA multinational, interdisciplinary study illuminating how fortifications reshaped the Caribbean as a contested imperial borderland in the eighteenth century.A Fortified Sea illuminates the key role of military forts in the greater Caribbean during the long eighteenth century. The historical Caribbean, with its multiple ... Leer más

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  • Filibusters and Expansionists

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