Description: Further DetailsTitle: Cuba and the U.S. EmpireCondition: NewSubtitle: A Chronological HistoryISBN-10: 1583676066EAN: 9781583676066ISBN: 9781583676066Publisher: Monthly Review Press,U.S.Format: HardbackRelease Date: 05/01/2016Description: The 1959 Cuban Revolution remains one of the signal events of modern political history. A tiny island, once a de facto colony of the United States, declared its independence, not just from the imperial behemoth ninety miles to the north, but also from global capitalism itself. Cuba's many achievements - in education, health care, medical technology, direct local democracy, actions of international solidarity with the oppressed - are globally unmatched and unprecedented. And the United States, in light of Cuba's achievements, has waged a relentless campaign of terrorist attacks on the island and its leaders, while placing Cuba on its "State Sponsors of Terrorism" list. In this updated edition of her classic, Cuba and the United States: A Chronological History, Jane Franklin depicts the two countries' relationship from the time both were colonies to the present.We see the early connections between Cuba and the United States through slavery; through the sugar trade; then Cuba's multiple wars for national liberation; the annexation of Cuba by the United States; the infamous Platt Amendment that entitled the United States to intervene directly in Cuban affairs; the gangster capitalism promoted by Cuban dictator Fulgencio Battista; and the guerilla war that brought the revolutionaries to power. A new chapter updating the fraught Cuban-U.S. nexus brings us well into the 21st century, with a look at the current status of Assata Shakur, the Cuban Five, and the post-9/11 years leading to the expansion of diplomatic relations. Offering a range of primary and secondary sources, the book is an outstanding scholarly work. Cuba and the United States brings new meaning to Simon Bolivar's warning in 1829, that the United States "appears destined by Providence to plague America with miseries in the name of Freedom."Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Jane FranklinContributor: Noam Chomsky (Foreword by)Genre: Law & PoliticsTopic: HistoryRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Cuba and the U.S. Empire
Title: Cuba and the U.S. Empire
Subtitle: A Chronological History
ISBN-10: 1583676066
EAN: 9781583676066
ISBN: 9781583676066
Release Date: 05/01/2016
Release Year: 2016
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 229mm
Contributor: Noam Chomsky (Foreword by)
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: History
Number of Pages: 456 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Cuba and the U. S. Empire : a Chronological History
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Subject: International Relations / General, Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Publication Year: 2016
Item Weight: 20.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Jane Franklin
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
