The Cuban Revolution past, present and future perspectives Lievesley, Geraldine. creator Ebook Library text bibliography History. Electronic books. enk 2004 monographic eng remote 1online resource (x, 227 pages) : map ; 23 cm. The Cuban Revolution offers a reflective account of what the Revolution has meant to various actors - the Cuban leaders and people themselves, the states of Central and Latin America (particularly left-wing parties and popular movements within them), the American political establishment, public and Cuban exile community in the US, the Soviet Union, the Third World and academic observers and political activists. The political process initiated in 1959 is discussed within a broad historical context with particular focus upon significant themes such as the politics of national identity; the interaction between class, race and gender in the formation of that identity; the building of Cuban socialism and the nature of citizenship (including the relationship between the state and civil society and the role of the arts). The Cuban Revolution continues to be a source of fascination for many, particularly those concerned with the pursuit of popular empowerment and social justice in the Third World. List of Abbreviations -- Map of Cuba -- PART I: INTRODUCTION -- PART II: ENCOUNTERS WITH 'THE MONSTER' AND OTHERS -- Revolutionary Struggle in Cuba: the 1950s, Bastista, Castro and the Americans -- The Cuban Revolution engages with the world -- Cuba and the United States in the 1960s -- PART III: THE POLITICS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY -- Imperial encounters -- Economic encounters -- Cultural encounters -- The contested nature of citizenship -- Destierro -- the experience of exile -- PART IV: GENERATIONS OF PROTEST -- Još Mart̕ -- Students, communists and pistoleros -- Che and Fidel -- Cuba and the Latin American Revolution -- Revolutionary triumph -- the building of Cuba Libre -- PART V: THE REVOLUTION MATURES -- Social and economic policy -- Foreign policy -- Havana and Washington -- Cuba and Reaganism -- Cuba and the US enter the 1990s -- Rectification -- invoking the spirit of the 1960s -- PART VI: THE CUBAN STATE AND THE CUBAN PEOPLE -- The nature of political rule -- Cuban civil society -- Revolutionary culture -- PART VII: CONCLUSION -- Coming out of the Special Period -- US Cuba Policy in the 1990s -- Coming to terms with difference -- Prospects for the Revolution -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Geraldine Lievesley. Electronic resource. Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-218) and index. nwcu--- Cuba History Revolution, 1959 Revolution (Cuba : 1959) Cuba 1959 fast F1788 .L537 2004eb 972.9106/4 (DLC) 2003062244 (OCoLC)52962957 9781403943972 1403943974 0333968522 (cloth) 9780333968529 (alk. paper) 0333968522 (alk. paper) 9780333968536 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0333968530 (pbk. : alk. paper) 270320 Palgrave Macmillan https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/tamucs/detail.action?docID=203900 UKPGM 090313 20250816223657.0 in00003445704 eng