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

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Benjamin, Jules R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1990.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Era of inevitable gravitation: the United States and Colonial Cuba
  • The crusade against Autocracy: the ending of Spanish rule
  • The semi-sovereign Republic of Cuba
  • The contradictions of constitutionalism, nationalism, and corruption
  • Embracing dictatorship: the United States and Batista
  • Shunning dictatorship: the United States and Batista
  • Radical nationalism resists gravitation
  • Social revolution breaks the tie.