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Contesting Castro The United States and the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution

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ISBN-10: 0195086309

ISBN-13: 9780195086300

Edition: 1994

Authors: Thomas G. Paterson

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Today they stand as enemies, but in the 1950s, few countries were as closely intertwined as Cuba and the United States. Thousands of Americans (including Ernest Hemingway and Errol Flynn) lived on the island, and, in the United States, dancehalls swayed to the mambo beat. The strong-arm Batista regime depended on Washington's support, and it invited American gangsters like Meyer Lansky to build fancy casinos for U.S. tourists. Major league scouts searched for Cuban talent: The New York Giants even offered a contract to a young pitcher named Fidel Castro. In 1955, Castro did come to the United States, but not for baseball: He toured the country to raise money for a revolution. Thomas…    
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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/21/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.63" long x 1.27" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

PETER IVERSON is Regents' Professor of History (Emeritus) at Arizona State University. He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Iverson has written many books in modern American Indian history, including The Navajo Nation (1981), Carlos Montezuma (1982), When Indians Became Cowboys (1994), "We Are Still Here" (1999), Dine: A History of the Navajos (2002), and, with former Navajo Nation president, Peterson Zah, We Will Secure Our Future (2012). His work has been supported by fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment For the Humanities. At Arizona State University Iverson directed or co-directed 51 Ph.D. students to completion of their…    

Introduction: A Puzzling Matterp. 3
Building the Cuban-American Relationship at Mid-Century
Dependencies: Batista, Castro, and the United Statesp. 15
Confusionist Cubanism: The Political Mess Before Granmap. 25
Sugar, North American Business, and Other Bittersweetsp. 34
Curve Balls, Casinos, and Cuban-American Culturep. 46
Supplying Repression: Military, CIA and FBI Linksp. 58
Confronting the Insurrection
Thunderstorms: Castro's Granma Rebels and the Matthews Interviewp. 69
Ambassador Gardner and the Propaganda Warp. 81
Violence Victorious: Ambassador Smith Meets the Rebellionp. 90
Expanding Contact with the Rebelsp. 99
Taking Sides: Arms, Arrests, and Electionsp. 109
Riding the Tiger to Defeat
Batista's Self-destruction and the Suspension of Armsp. 125
Terrible Mood: Castro and the General Strikep. 139
Operation Fin de Fidel and U.S. Weapons: Anti-Americanism Ascendantp. 150
Rocket Heads, Kidnappers, and the Castrosp. 160
Frankenstein, Texaco, Nicaro, and a Toughened Attitudep. 173
Burning Up the Wires: The Quest for Communists and Armsp. 183
Dumping the Dictator, Blocking the Rebel
A Pox on Both Their Housesp. 195
Batista Dismissed: Pawley's Plot and Smith's Blowp. 206
U.S. Third-Force Conspiracies and Batista's Flightp. 216
Madhouse: Castro's Victory, Smith's Defeatp. 226
Losing a Client
A Complete Break: How Did the United States Let This One Get Away?p. 241
Failing the Tests: The United States and Cuba in the Castro Erap. 255
Notesp. 264
Sourcesp. 319
Indexp. 337
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