History of the Cuban Revolution

Name: History of the Cuban Revolution
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ISBN: 9781405187732

ISBN-10: 1405187735

ISBN-13: 9781405187732

Edition: 2010

Authors: Aviva Chomsky

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List price: $16.50
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 10/28/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Introduction: Studying the Cuban Revolution


Talking about freedom


Scholars weigh in


Why revolution?


Comparing capitalism and socialism


Latin American attitudes



Cuba through 1959


Colonial history


The colony in the republic


Revolution: a war, or a process?



Experiments with Socialism


Analyzing the situation: economic backwardness


The 1960s: Experimentation and the Great Debate


The 1970s: Institutionalization and the Soviet Model


Democracy: U.S.- and Cuban-style


Cuba in the 1970s: how it worked



Rectification


How democratic was Cuban socialism?



The Cuban Revolution and the World: Relations with the United States


The U.S. and Cuba


In their own words: US policymakers respond to revolution


Covert War: Up to the Bay of Pigs


Covert war: After the Bay of Pigs


The Missile Crisis


After the Missile Crisis


The war continues



The Cuban Revolution and the World: Emigration and Internationalism


Miami


Cuba's global reach: beyond the Cold War


Cuba and black internationalism


Cuba in Africa and Latin America


Civilian aid missions



Art, Culture and Revolution


Literature


Film


Sport


Dance


Political culture


Food



Cuba Diversa


Race


Gender


Sexuality


Religion



The "Special Period": Socialism on One Island


1993-1995: Rapidfire reforms


Charting new territory


Contradictions: inequality and jineterismo


Opting to leave: the 1994 exodus


Debate and its limits during the 1990s



Cuba into the 21<sup>st</sup> Century


From perfeccionamiento to recentralization


Civil society into the new century


Disillusionment


Bush-era policies


Cuba, Venezuela and the ALBA


Cuba after Fidel


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index