MixedThe New York Review of Books... it has to be said that the topic of Spain in North America is hardly a new one, and many aspects of it have been extensively researched, although the Spanish contribution to the American Revolution still calls out for close examination ... [Gibson] is well versed in the literature, primary and secondary...write[s] with verve and can be read with pleasure ... while dwelling on particular episodes, she does not forget the overarching purpose of her book ... can\'t be said to add anything of great substance to the existing literature, and [is] stronger on narrative and description than on analysis. But demonstrate[s] that the United States and its current social and political scene cannot be understood if the lands and peoples of the Caribbean and those located south of the Mexican border are airbrushed from the story.
