Beschreibung:
Drawing on personal interviews, classified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, and other primary sources, this study presents the most comprehensive analysis to date of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations' efforts to isolate Cuba politically within Latin America and economically throughout the capitalist world.
Acknowledgments; 1. The US imperial state: theory and historical setting; 2. The United States in Cuba 1952-1958: policymaking and capitalist interests; 3. The United States in Cuba 1959-1961: national-social revolution, state transformation, and the limits of imperial power; 4. The United States against Cuba 1961-1968: politics of confrontation in Latin America; 5. The United States against Cuba 1961-1980: intransigent policymaking and its consequences; 7. The US imperial state: some final insights; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.