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100 1 $aPaterson, Thomas G.,$d1941-
245 10 $aContesting Castro :$bthe United States and the triumph of the Cuban Revolution /$cThomas G. Paterson.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1994.
300 $axii, 352 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 319-335) and index.
520 1 $a"Engaging diplomatic history of US-Cuban relations focuses on the 1950s and early 1960s. Aims to explain reasons for the conflict between neighbors"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.$uhttp://www.loc.gov/hlas
505 0 $aIntroduction: A puzzling matter -- I. Building the Cuban-American relationship at mid-century. 1. Dependencies: Batista, Castro, and the United States. 2. Confusionist Cubanism: The political mess before Granma. 3. Sugar, North American business, and other bittersweets. 4. Curve balls, casinos, and Cuban-American culture. 5. Supplying repression: Military, CIA and FBI Links -- II. Confronting the insurrection. 6. Thunderstorms: Castro's Granma rebels and the Matthews interview. 7. Ambassador Gardner and the propaganda war. 8. Violence victorious: Ambassador Smith meets the rebellion. 9. Expanding contact with the rebels. 10. Taking sides: Arms, arrests, and elections -- III. Riding the tiger to defeat. 11. Batista's self-destruction and the suspension of arms. 12. Terrible mood: Castro and the General strike. 13. Operation Fin de Fidel and U.S. weapons: anti-Americanism ascendant. 14. Rocket heads, kidnappers, and the Castros. 15. Frankenstein, Texaco, Nicaro, and a toughened attitude.
505 0 $a16. Burning up the wires: The quest for communists and arms -- IV. Dumping the dictator, blocking the rebel. 17. A pox on both their houses. 18. Batista dismissed: Pawley's plot and Smith's blow. 19. U.S. third-force conspiracies and Batista's flight. 20. Madhouse: Castro's victory, Smith's defeat -- V. Losing a client. 21. A complete break: How did the United States let this one get away? 22. Failing the tests: The United States and Cuba in the Castro era.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zCuba.
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600 10 $aCastro, Fidel,$d1926-
651 0 $aCuba$xHistory$yRevolution, 1959.
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648 4 $aGeschichte 1955-1994.
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776 08 $iOnline version:$aPaterson, Thomas G., 1941-$tContesting Castro.$dNew York : Oxford University Press, 1994$w(OCoLC)656448760
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