Cuba libre : a 500-year quest for independence /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brenner, Philip (Author), Eisner, Peter (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. 1492-1598
  • Columbus arrives and Spain colonizes Cuba, 1492-1550
  • Sugar and slavery
  • 1868-1898: Struggle for independence
  • Cuban independence war and U.S. occupation
  • From occupation to "good neighbor"
  • 1934-1958: playground of the Western world and rise of Batista
  • 1953-1958: The revolutionary struggle
  • Part 2. 1959-1989
  • The quest for sovereignty
  • Consolidating the revolution: culture and politics
  • Consolidating the revolution: Economic reforms, new institutions, and basic needs
  • Bay of Pigs/Playa Girón
  • The missile crisis
  • Foreign policy in the 1960s: Exporting revolution, Chinese flirtations, and Soviet tensions
  • 1963-1975: internal adjustments and advancing equality
  • 1970s: Becoming a third world leader
  • 1980: Mariel exodus
  • a warning signal
  • 1981-1990: Change and rectification at home and abroad
  • Part 3. 1990-2016
  • 1990-2000: The "special period" in a time of peace
  • The Cuban diaspora and racial inequality
  • 1995-1998: Helms-Burton, U.S.-Cuban relations, and terrorism
  • 1998-2000: the Pope goes to Cuba, Elián goes to Miami
  • 2001-2006: The search for a viable strategy
  • 2006-2009: the transition from Fidel to Raúl Castro
  • 2010-2016: Securing Cuba's independence through economic change
  • 2010-2016: Securing Cuba's independence through foreign policy
  • Change, continuity, and the future
  • Appendix: Chronology of major events.