The Eisenhower Administration and the Cuban Revolution. Ambiguity and Aggression.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karlsson, Håkan.

Series:

Political Science and History Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

United States--Foreign relations--Cuba.

United States.

Cuba--Foreign relations--United States.

Cuba.

United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.

Cuba--History--Revolution, 1959.

United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2025.

Summary:

"The book presents a detailed analysis of the U.S. policy towards Cuba that was formulated and adopted by the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration during the years 1959 and 1960, when it had to face the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in January 1959. Based in governmental, as well as other, sources from both the U.S. and Cuba, the book studies the policy of the Eisenhower administration, and how the first period of ambiguity was replaced by a path of aggression and violence. Beside economic and diplomatic pressures a "dirty war" was launched within the framework of CIA's 'Covert Action Program', and a military invasion was planned. A plan that ended in the failed invasion at the Bay of Pigs in April 1961. The book shows that the aggressive attitude of the Eisenhower administration towards the Cuban Revolution, did not break the Revolution, rather it forced Cuba into the open arms of the USSR and the socialist block. During the two years described in the book another more constructive development of the relation between the two nations had been possible, but the decisions taken by the Eisenhower administration and the Cuban government during these two years were crucial since they have influenced the policy towards Cuba of all subsequent U.S. administrations until today. The book is unique since it is written from a Cuban perspective that will complement and enrich the knowledge of the U.S.-Cuban relationship during the end of the 1950s and the beginning of the 1960s"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1

The Roots of the Dispute Between the U.S. and Cuba

Abstract

Cuba and the Ambitions of the U.S.

The Cuban War of Independence

U.S. Military Occupation, the Platt Amendment and the Neocolonial Republic

The Neocolonial Republic and the National Emancipation

Batista's Dictature and U.S. Imperialism

Endnotes

Chapter 2

The Eisenhower Administration Confronted with the Cuban Revolution

First Reactions of the Eisenhower Administration

The U.S. and the Agrarian Reform Law

The U.S. Path of Conflict and Maneuvers in the OAS

Chapter 3

Deteriorating Relations

Cuban Attempts to Improve Relations

The First U.S. Policy Document on Cuba

In Search of an Opposition Movement

Towards the Definition of a Political and Economic Plan of Action

Chapter 4

The U.S. Path of Aggression

The Political and Economic Plan of Action

Preparation of the CIA's Program

The Integrated Covert Action Program Takes Form

U.S. Armed Forces and the CIA's Program to Overthrow the Cuban Government

Chapter 5

Implementation of the CIA's Program Against Cuba

The Creation of a Unified Opposition

Means for a Powerful Propaganda Offensive

Organizations Within and the Paramilitary Force Outside Cuba

Chapter 6

The Economic War

The Economic War Towards Cuba in 1960

Cuba's Response

Chapter 7

The U.S. Search for Anti-Cuban Support in Latin America

The U.S. Anti-Cuban Campaign and the Role of the OAS

The Declarations from Havana, and Cuba in U.S. Elections

Chapter 8

Diplomatic Isolation and Preparations for a U.S. Invasion

Abstract.

The End of the Diplomatic Relations Between Cuba and the U.S.

Military Mobilization in Cuba and the New Presidential Administration in the U.S.

References

Archives

Archive of the Institute of Cuban History

Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba (MINREX)

Archive of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Cuba (MININT)

Archive of the United Nations

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Gerald R. Ford Library

John F. Kennedy Library

National Security Archive

U.S. Department of State

U.S. National Archives

U.S. National Records Center

About the Authors

Index

Blank Page.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Karlsson, Håkan The Eisenhower Administration and the Cuban Revolution. Ambiguity and Aggression

ISBN:

9798895304747

OCLC:

1505894648