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Cuba's Military 1990-2005 : Revolutionary Soldiers During Counter-Revolutionary Times / by H. Klepak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Klepak, H. P.
- Series:
- Studies of the Americas
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- America--Politics and government.
- America.
- International relations.
- Military history.
- Ethnology--Latin America.
- Ethnology.
- Culture.
- America--History.
- Political science.
- American Politics.
- International Relations.
- Military History.
- Latin American Culture.
- History of the Americas.
- Political Science.
- Local Subjects:
- American Politics.
- International Relations.
- Military History.
- Latin American Culture.
- History of the Americas.
- Political Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2005.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is the first examination of the Cuban military in the context of Cuba's political and economic challenges in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR - and therefore of Soviet economic, political and psychological support. It provides important historical and political contexts of the development and engagement of the military.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Avant Propos; Chapter 1 Mambises Still? The Revolutionary Tradition in the Cuban Armed Forces; Chapter 2 The FAR up to the Special Period, 1959-1990: The Third World's Most Impressive Armed Force?; Chapter 3 The Blows: The FAR Alone in a Cruel World; Chapter 4 "The Proof is in the Pudding": The FAR and the Economy; Chapter 5 The FAR and the United States: Confidence Building in Limited but Important Sectors; Chapter 6 Cuba, the FAR, and Other Countries: Has the Search for Friends Brought Results?; Chapter 7 The Context for the FAR at Home-Malaise sans fin?
- Chapter 8 The FAR and the Politics of "No Transition": But Who Else?Chapter 9 The Military Defense of Cuba: But Can the FAR still Deter?; Chapter 10 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-332) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-36876-8
- 9786611368760
- 1-4039-8060-8
- OCLC:
- 647536950
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