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Author Schoultz, Lars.

Title That infernal little Cuban republic : the United States and the Cuban Revolution / Lars Schoultz.

Imprint Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  327.7307 Sch    ---  Available
Description 745 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [569]-727) and index.
Contents Neighbors -- Heritage -- Prelude : the Truman years -- Arousal : the Eisenhower years, 1953-1958 -- Watching and waiting : the Eisenhower administration, 1959 --1960 : the year of pushing and shoving -- The Bay of Pigs -- State-sponsored terrorism -- He's going to be there until he dies : the Johnson administration -- Mutual hostility as a fact of life : the Nixon-Ford years -- Reconciliation and estrangement : the Carter years -- Back to square one : the Reagan years -- Unwavering hostility : the George H.W. Bush administration -- Blessings of liberty : the Clinton administration -- More blessings of liberty : the George W. Bush administration -- Conclusion: Benevolent domination.
Summary Presents a history and an evaluation of relations between the United States and Cuba over a fifty-year period and advocates a new approach and an acknowledgement of Cuba's right to self-determination.
Source NBK 4/9 PPL
Subject Presidents -- United States -- History.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Cuba.
Cuba -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations.
Cuba -- History -- 1958-1959, Revolution.
Cuba -- History -- Invasion, 1961.
Cuba -- Politics and government.
ISBN 9780807832608
080783260X

 
    
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