Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-184) and index
Chapter 1. Prewar tensions between Spain and the American South -- Chapter 2. Spain in the mid-nineteenth century -- Chapter 3. The first year of war: flirtation with alliance -- Chapter 4. Spain's Dominican enterprise -- Chapter 5. King Cotton, the French temptation, and Spain first -- Chapter 6. Collaboration in the Caribbean -- Chapter 7. Opportunism and delay