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050 00 $aE183.8.C9$bS375 2009
082 00 $a327.7307291$222
100 1 $aSchoultz, Lars.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79146468
245 10 $aThat infernal little Cuban republic :$bthe United States and the Cuban Revolution /$cLars Schoultz.
260 $aChapel Hill :$bUniversity of North Carolina Press,$c[2009], ©2009.
300 $a745 pages :$bmaps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [569]-727) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tHeritage --$g2.$tPrelude: The Truman Years --$g3.$tArousal :The Eisenhower Years, 1953-1958 --$g4.$tWatching and Waiting: The Eisenhower Administration, 1959 --$g5.$t1960: The Year of Pushing and Shoving --$g6.$tThe Bay of Pigs --$g7.$tState-Sponsored Terrorism --$g8.$tHe's Going to Be There until He Dies: The Johnson Administration --$g9.$tMutual Hostility as a Fact of Life: The Nixon-Ford Years --$g10.$tReconciliation and Estrangement: The Carter Years --$g11.$tBack to Square One: The Reagan Years --$g12.$tUnwavering Hostility: The George H. W. Bush Administration --$g13.$tBlessings of Liberty: The Clinton Administration --$g14.$tMore Blessings of Liberty: The George W. Bush Administration --$tConclusion: Benevolent Domination.
520 1 $a"Cuba has regularly given Washington a headache, Lars Schoultz observes in his comprehensive chronicle of U.S. policy toward the Cuban Revolution. Seeking relief, even the most patient U.S. officials have often been tempted to repeat what an exasperated President Theodore Roosevelt told a friend in 1906: "I am so angry with that infernal little Cuban republic that I would like to wipe its people off the face of the earth."" "Certainly that has been true since 1959, when a group of rebels led by Fidel Castro ousted Fulgencio Batista, a dictator known for his friendly ties to the United States, and proceeded to cause more trouble than anyone could have imagined. Using a rich array of documents and firsthand interviews with U.S. and Cuban officials, Schoultz tells the story of the attempts and failures of ten U.S. administrations to end the Cuban Revolution. He covers everything from the legendary 1960s plot to assassinate Castro using a rigged ballpoint pen to the message that recently ran across the electronic billboard of the U.S. interests section in Havana: "Communism doesnt work because people like to own stuff" - a comment attributed to the late rocker Frank Zappa. Schoultz argues that despite the overwhelming advantage in size and power that the United States enjoys over its neighbor, the Cubans' historical insistence on their right to self-determination has inevitably irritated American administrations, influenced both U.S. domestic politics and foreign policy, and led to a freeze in diplomatic relations of unprecedented longevity. Schoultz's analysis illuminates what has been a highly unproductive foreign policy and points to fresh prospects as a new century of U.S.-Cuban relations begins."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zCuba.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100065
651 0 $aCuba$xForeign relations$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114781
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1989.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140098
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1989-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001742
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109605
651 0 $aCuba$xHistory$yRevolution, 1959.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034586
651 0 $aCuba$xPolitics and government$y1959-1990.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85034605
651 0 $aCuba$xPolitics and government$y1990-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005008293
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