Cuba Under Siege
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Cuba Under Siege
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Author : K. Bolender
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-12-23
Cuba Under Siege written by K. Bolender and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-23 with Social Science categories.
For more than 50 years America's unrelenting hostility toward the Cuban Revolution has resulted in the development of a siege mentality among island leadership and its citizens. In a vibrant new look at Cuban-American relations, Keith Bolender analyzes the effects this has had on economic, cultural, and political life.
Island Under Siege
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Author : Pedro Prada
language : en
Publisher: Ocean Press (AU)
Release Date : 1995
Island Under Siege written by Pedro Prada and has been published by Ocean Press (AU) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
Under Siege
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Author : Stephen Coonts
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1991
Under Siege written by Stephen Coonts and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Adventure stories categories.
Captain Jake Grafton faces the duel threats of a determined assassin and a vicious drug lord, both intent on plunging the U.S. into chaos.
Democracy Under Siege
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Author : Augusto Varas
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1989-07-07
Democracy Under Siege written by Augusto Varas and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-07-07 with History categories.
Although the military has historically played a pivotal role in Latin American politics and society, until now little attention has been paid to the complex set of civilian-military relations in each country. This collection of essays, the product of a long-term research program organized by a group of prominent Latin American scholars, compares current linkages among the armed forces and local social and political structures and institutions. Within each nation studied, the contributing author found increasing military autonomy vis-a-vis the state. They show that this institutional autonomy has allowed the military to develop as independent political entities within the various countries, a process that seems to be common to all Latin American societies. Their research also demonstrates how the military diversifies itself when acquiring higher degrees of institutional autonomy. Collectively, the contributors contend that although civilian democratic forces will play a much larger role in political decisionmaking in this decade as compared to the last, it is evident that armed forces will retain a considerable share of political power. Regardless of the institutional arrangement, the military will continue to exercise significant veto power over civilian political forces. The independent military that has emerged is a new variable that must be taken into account in future analyses of Latin America's secular political crisis. By compiling the first complete analysis of Latin American military forces and their role in contemporary domestic politics, editor Augusto Varas has made a significant contribution to the study of Latin American politics. This first examination of the role of the armed forces during a period of relative political stability will be welcomed by historians and political scientists alike.
Under Siege
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Author : Rashid Khalidi
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2014-01-04
Under Siege written by Rashid Khalidi and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-04 with History categories.
Under Siege is Rashid Khalidi's firsthand account of the 1982 Lebanon War and the complex negotiations for the evacuation of the P.L.O. from Beirut. Utilizing unconventional sources and interviews with key officials and diplomats, Khalidi paints a detailed portrait of the siege and ensuing massacres, providing insight into the military pressure experienced by the P.L.O., the war's impact on Palestinian and Lebanese civilians, and diplomatic efforts by the United States. A new preface by Khalidi considers developments across the Middle East in the thirty years since the conflict. The preface also cites recently declassified Israeli documents to offer surprising new revelations about the roles and responsibilities of both Israeli leaders and American diplomats in the tragic coda to the war, the Sabra and Shatila massacres.
Nicaragua An Ally Under Siege
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Author : Council on American Affairs
language : en
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Council on American Affairs
Release Date : 1978
Nicaragua An Ally Under Siege written by Council on American Affairs and has been published by Washington, D.C. : Council on American Affairs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Guerrillas categories.
The Cuban Embargo Under International Law
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Author : Nigel D. White
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-10-24
The Cuban Embargo Under International Law written by Nigel D. White and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-24 with Business & Economics categories.
The United States embargo against Cuba was imposed over fifty years ago initially as a response to the new revolutionary government's seizure of US properties, which was viewed by the US as a violation of international law. However, while sanctions can be legitimate means of enforcing established norms, the Cuban embargo itself appears to be the wrongful act, and its persistence calls into question the importance and function of international law. This book examines the history, legality and effects of US sanctions against Cuba and argues that the embargo has largely become a matter of politics and ideology; subjecting Cuba to apparently illegitimate coercion that has resulted in a prolonged global toleration of what appears to be a serious violation of international law. The book demonstrates how the Cuban embargo undermines the use of sanctions world-wide, and asks whether the refusal of world governments to address the illegality of the embargo reduces international law to tokenism where concepts of sovereign equality and non-intervention are no longer a priority. Despite the weaknesses of international law, Nigel D. White argues that in certain political conditions it will be possible to end the embargo as part of a bilateral agreement to restore normal relations between the US and Cuba and, furthermore, that such an agreement, if it is to succeed, will have to be shaped by the broad parameters of law and justice. As a fierce re-evaluation of international law through the story of a country under siege, this book will be of great interest and use to researchers and students of public international law, international relations, and US and Latin American politics.
Solidarity Under Siege
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Author : Jeffrey L. Gould
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-05-23
Solidarity Under Siege written by Jeffrey L. Gould and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-23 with History categories.
Depicts the rise and fall of the militant labor movement in modern El Salvador.
U S Hegemony Under Siege
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Author : James Petras
language : en
Publisher: Verso
Release Date : 1990-09-17
U S Hegemony Under Siege written by James Petras and has been published by Verso this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-09-17 with Business & Economics categories.
From Menem’s new Thatcherite experiment in Argentina, through Fujimori’s unexpected victory in Peru, to Collor’s near defeat at the hands of the rapidly growing Workers’ Party of Brazil, Latin American politics is once again in turmoil. Whilst military dictators have been dumped from office, their liberal and populist replacements have found television exposure and playboy reputations insufficient to hold together societies still remorselessly squeezed insufficient to hold together societies still remorselessly squeezed by United States foreign policy. But US influence in the subcontinent is not only under siege from the impoverished masses of increasingly unstable states; it is also threatened by intensifying superpower competition as Japan and a unifying Europe mount their challenges for world dominance. In this wide-ranging and original polemic, Petras and Morley examine the social structures which emerged from neo-liberal economic policy during the 1970s and 1980s. they show how Latin American society is increasingly organized around a continental bourgeoisie maintaining high levels of foreign investment, a national bourgeoisie operating on the margins of legality and committed to both economic deregulation and public-sector activity, and a growing class of low-paid and poorly employed workers subject to the demands of export-oriented capital into international financial circuits is matched by technical and intellectual integration, with a collapse into conformity of formerly critical groupings. For students and the interested general reader, this balanced and rigorous analysis of state power and social form provides a substantial new framework in which to consider the exigent questions of US-Latin American relations.
The Guerrilla Legacy Of The Cuban Revolution
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Author : Anna Clayfield
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Release Date : 2019-05-16
The Guerrilla Legacy Of The Cuban Revolution written by Anna Clayfield and has been published by University Press of Florida this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-16 with History categories.
In this extensively researched book, Anna Clayfield challenges contemporary Western views on the militarization of Cuba. She argues that, while the pervasiveness of armed forces in revolutionary Cuba is hard to refute, it is the guerrilla legacy, ethos, and image—“guerrillerismo”—that has helped the Cuban revolutionary project survive. The veneration of the guerrilla fighter has been crucial to the political culture’s underdog mentality. Analyzing official discourse, including newspapers, history textbooks, army training manuals, the writings of Che Guevara, and the speeches of Fidel Castro, Clayfield examines how the Cuban government has promoted guerrilla motifs. After 1959, the revolutionary leadership relied on this discourse to shape a new political culture. During the implementation of Soviet-style management in the late 1960s and 1970s, Cuba underwent profound structural changes, but the beliefs and values that underpinned the Revolution—and that were linked to the guerrilla ethos—were still upheld. Clayfield traces the shifting ideologies that circulated in Cuba during the 1980s to show how this rhetorical strategy helped prevent the proliferation of a siege mentality. The guerrilla code became a recourse Cuban leadership used to steel the population through the 1990s Special Period following the collapse of the Soviet Union. And while the outside world perceived the changes that took place during Raúl Castro’s tenure to be signs the Revolution’s socialist model was fading, Clayfield proves guerrillerismo remained an important anchor for the new regime. By weaving the guerrilla ethos into the fabric of Cuban identity, the government has garnered legitimacy for the political authority of former guerrilleros, even decades after the end of armed conflicts. The Guerrilla Legacy of the Cuban Revolution chronicles how guerrilla rhetoric has allowed the Revolution to adapt and transform over time while appearing to remain true to its founding principles. It also raises the question of just how long this discourse can sustain the Revolution when its leaders are no longer veterans of the sierra, those guerrillas who participated in the armed struggle that brought them to power so many years ago.