Guantï¿½namo, USA The Untold History of America's Cuban Outpost

Name: Guantï¿½namo, USA The Untold History of America's Cuban Outpost
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ISBN: 9780700616701

ISBN-10: 0700616705

ISBN-13: 9780700616701

Edition: 2009

Authors: Stephen Irving Max Schwab

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Established as America's first foreign naval base following the Spanish-American War, Guantnamo is now more often thought of as our Devil's Island, the gulag of our times. This book takes readers beyond the orange-jumpsuited detainees of today's headlines to provide the first comprehensive history of Guantnamo from its origins to the present. Occupying 45 square miles of land and sea, Guantnamo has for more than a century symbolized the imperial impulse within U.S. foreign policy, and its occupation is decried by Cuba as a violation of international law-even though a treaty legally grants the U.S. a lease in perpetuity. Stephen Schwab now describes the base's role in American, Caribbean,…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 11/16/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 382
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Significance of Guantï¿½namo



The Rise of the U.S. Navy and Theodore Roosevelt



The Battle for Guantï¿½namo in 1898



Cubans Resist U.S. Base Acquisiton



The First Overseas U.S. Base



Peace and War




The Cold War, Part 1




The Cold War, Part 2




Guantï¿½namo Endures



Imperial Germany and the Caribbean, 1890s-1917



Transcriptions of Letters from Elihu Root, 1901



Theodore Roosevelt's Message to Congress for Representation in Cuba, 1902



Leasing Agreement between the United States and Cuba, 1903



Treaty Agreement between the United States and Cuba, 1934



Statement by the Government of Cuba, 2002


Notes


Bibliography


Index