
The Caribbean Front in World War II
The Untold Story of U-Boats, Spies, and Economic Warfare
Jose L. Bolivar Fresneda(Author)
Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
Published on 1. March 2021
Book
Hardback
286 pages
978-1-55876-954-0 (ISBN)
Description
"The conventional view of World War II as a conflict that was not fought in the Americas is debunked in this fascinating book. German submarine warfare was sinking one oil tanker or merchant ship per day in Caribbean waters in the worst months of 1942. The US merchant marine suffered heavy losses of ships and men, while the Allies struggled to contain the damage done to the supply of oil from Venezuela and airplane fuel from Curaçao to the United States. Puerto Rico experienced food shortages on account of German U-boat warfare in 1942, while Martinique suffered near famine in the aftermath of a British and American blockade induced by the Vichy government's control of the Caribbean island. The US invested billions in military installments on the British and American islands and transformed Puerto Rico into the "Gibraltar of the Caribbean." This is a compelling narrative based on contemporary newspapers, doctoral dissertations, and primary archival sources."
-César Ayala (UCLA), author of Puerto Rico in the American Century: A History Since 1898
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Language
English
Place of publication
Princeton
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
618 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55876-954-0 (9781558769540)
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Person
José L. Bolívar Fresneda is the author of Guerra, banca y desarrollo: el Banco de Fomento y la industrialización de Puerto Rico; co-author of Battleship Vieques: Puerto Rico from World War II to the Korean War- named Distinguished Academic Title- and Fundador de la República.
Federico Pérez Carbó y sus combates por la independencia de Cuba (1855-1902); also autor and coeditor of Island at War: Puerto Rico in the crucible of the Second World War, Puerto Rico en la Segunda Guerra Mundial: Baluarte del Caribe and Puerto Rico en la Segunda Guerra Mundial: El Escenario Regional. He is currently a professor at the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe. Many of his writings and lectures at available at: www.joselbolivar.com.
Federico Pérez Carbó y sus combates por la independencia de Cuba (1855-1902); also autor and coeditor of Island at War: Puerto Rico in the crucible of the Second World War, Puerto Rico en la Segunda Guerra Mundial: Baluarte del Caribe and Puerto Rico en la Segunda Guerra Mundial: El Escenario Regional. He is currently a professor at the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe. Many of his writings and lectures at available at: www.joselbolivar.com.