Island at war : Puerto Rico in the crucible of the Second World War /

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Despite Puerto Rico being the hub of the United States' naval response to the German blockade of the Caribbean, there is very little published scholarship on the island's heavy involvement in the global conflict of World War II. 'Island at War' brings together outstanding new res...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rodríguez Beruff, Jorge (Editor ), Bolívar, José L. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson, MS : University Press of Mississippi, [2015]
Colección:Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)
Temas:
1898-1952
World War, 1939-1945 > Puerto Rico.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Porto Rico.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
International relations
Politics and government
Puerto Rico > Politics and government > 1898-1952.
Puerto Rico > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Puerto Rico.
Porto Rico > Politique et gouvernement > 1898-1952.
Porto Rico > Relations > États-Unis.
Puerto Rico
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Rediscovering Puerto Rico and the Caribbean: US Strategic Debate and War Planning on the Eve of the Second World War
  • Puerto Rico: Headquarters of the Caribbean Sea Frontier, 1940-1945
  • War and Political Transition in Puerto Rico, 1939-1940
  • The Wartime Quartet: Munoz Maran, Tugwell, Ickes, and FDR
  • The War Economy of Puerto Rico, 1939-1945
  • The German Blockade of the Caribbean in 1942 and Its Effects in Puerto Rico
  • Vieques: The Impact of the Second World War
  • The Anglo-American Caribbean Commission: A Socioeconomic Strategy Designed for Military Security, 1942-1946Geopolitics and Telecommunications Policy in Puerto Rico: ITT and the Porto Rico Telephone Company, 1942-1948
  • What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? The Story of a Puerto Rican in the Second World War and Korea: Captain Harry Chabrin Acevedo, 1925-1986
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
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