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An Analysis Of "The Caribbean World And The United States - Mixing Rum And Coca Cola":

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...U.S. 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,...

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