Cuba Libre
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Cuba Libre

A 500-Year Quest for Independence

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eBook - ePub

Cuba Libre

A 500-Year Quest for Independence

About this book

This timely book provides a balanced and deeply knowledgeable introduction to Cuba since Christopher Columbus's first arrival in 1492. With decades of experience studying and reporting on the island, Philip Brenner and Peter Eisner provide an incisive overview for all readers seeking to go beyond stereotypes in their exploration of Cuba's politics, economy, and culture. As Cuba and the United States open their doors to each other, Cuba Libre gives travelers, policy makers, businesspeople, students, and those with an interest in world affairs an opportunity to understand Cuba from a Cuban perspective; to appreciate how Cubans' quest for independence and sovereignty animates their spirit and shapes their worldview and even their identity. In a world ever more closely linked, Cuba Libre provides a compelling model for US citizens and policy makers to empathize with viewpoints far from their own experiences.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Part I: 1492–1958
  4. Chapter 1: Columbus Arrives and Spain Colonizes Cuba, 1492–1550
  5. Chapter 2: Sugar and Slavery
  6. Chapter 3: Struggle for Independence, 1868–1898
  7. Chapter 4: Cuban Independence War and US Occupation
  8. Chapter 5: From Occupation to “Good Neighbor”
  9. Chapter 6: Playground of the Western World and the Rise of Batista, 1934–1958
  10. Chapter 7: The Revolutionary Struggle, 1953–1958
  11. Part II: 1959–1989
  12. Chapter 8: The Quest for Sovereignty
  13. Chapter 9: Consolidating the Revolution
  14. Chapter 10: Consolidating the Revolution
  15. Chapter 11: Bay of Pigs/Playa Girón1
  16. Chapter 12: The Missile Crisis
  17. Chapter 13: Foreign Policy in the 1960s
  18. Chapter 14: Internal Adjustments and Advancing Equality, 1963–1975
  19. Chapter 15: Becoming a Third World Leader, 1970s
  20. Chapter 16: Mariel Exodus—A Warning Signal, 1980
  21. Chapter 17: Change and Rectification at Home and Abroad, 1980s
  22. Part III: 1990–2016
  23. Chapter 18: The “Special Period” in a Time of Peace, 1990–2000
  24. Chapter 19: The Cuban Diaspora and Racial Inequality
  25. Chapter 20: Helms-Burton, US-Cuban Relations, and Terrorism, 1995–1998
  26. Chapter 21: The Pope Goes to Cuba; Elián Goes to Miami, 1998–2000
  27. Chapter 22: The Search for a Viable Strategy, 2001–2006
  28. Chapter 23: The Transition from Fidel to Raúl Castro, 2006–2009
  29. Chapter 24: Securing Cuba’s Independence through Economic Change, 2010–2016
  30. Chapter 25: Securing Cuba’s Independence through Foreign Policy, 2010–2016
  31. Chapter 26: Change, Continuity, and the Future
  32. Appendix
  33. Bibliography