The Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution offers a reflective account of what the Revolution has meant to various actors such as the dominant powers, the Third World, fellow revolutionaries, intellectuals and Cuban citizens at different periods in its history. Rather than offer a simple narrative of events, Geraldine Lievesley addresses significant themes with which the Revolution has engaged and the problems that it has encountered.

Autorentext
GERALDINE LIEVESLEY is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Inhalt
List of Abbreviations Map of Cuba PART I: INTRODUCTION PART II: ENCOUNTERS WITH 'THE MONSTER' AND OTHERS Revolutionary Struggle in Cuba: the 1950s, Bastista, Castro and the Americans The Cuban Revolution engages with the world Cuba and the United States in the 1960s PART III: THE POLITICS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY Imperial encounters Economic encounters Cultural encounters The contested nature of citizenship Destierro - the experience of exile PART IV: GENERATIONS OF PROTEST José Martí Students, communists and pistoleros Che and Fidel Cuba and the Latin American Revolution Revolutionary triumph - the building of Cuba Libre PART V: THE REVOLUTION MATURES Social and economic policy Foreign policy Havana and Washington Cuba and Reaganism Cuba and the US enter the 1990s Rectification - invoking the spirit of the 1960s PART VI: THE CUBAN STATE AND THE CUBAN PEOPLE The nature of political rule Cuban civil society Revolutionary culture PART VII: CONCLUSION Coming out of the Special Period US Cuba Policy in the 1990s Coming to terms with difference Prospects for the Revolution Notes Bibliography Index