The United States and the origins of the Cuban Revolution : an empire of liberty in an age of national liberation / Jules R. Benjamin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benjamin, Jules R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuba--History--Revolution, 1959--Causes.

Cuba.

United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.

United States.

Cuba--Foreign relations--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [1990]

Summary:

Jules Benjamin argues convincingly that modern conflicts between Cuba and the United States stem from a long history of U.S. hegemony and Cuban resistance. He shows what difficulties the smaller country encountered because of U.S. efforts first to make it part of an "empire of liberty" and later to dominate it by economic methods, and he analyzes the kind of misreading of ardent nationalism that continues to plague U.S. policymaking.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. The Era of Inevitable Gravitation: The United States and Colonial Cuba

2. The Crusade against Autocracy: The Ending of Spanish Rule

3. The Semi-Sovereign Republic of Cuba

4. The Contradictions of Constitutionalism, Nationalism, and Corruption

5. Embracing Dictatorship: The United States and Batista

6. Shunning Dictatorship: The United States and Batista

7. Radical Nationalism Resists Gravitation

8. Social Revolution Breaks the Tie

9 Conclusion

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691214962

0691214964

OCLC:

1227050820