Early Relations Between Malta and the United States of America

Early Relation between Malta and USA deals with the political, social and economic and diplomatic crosscurrents that prevailed in the Mediterranean in the late 18th century, when the Maltese islands were still under the domination of the Knights of St John, and in the early 19th century when the islands passed under British rule. It describes how local circumstances and foreign developments exercised a profound influence in shaping the nature and extent of the relations between Malta and USA.