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The twentieth-century history of Cuba borders on fantasy. This diminutive country boldly and repeatedly exercises the foreign policy of a major power. Although closely tied to the United States through most of its modern history, Cuba successfully defied the U.S. government after 1959, consolidated its own power, and defeated an invasion of U.S.-backed exiles at the Bay of Pigs in 1961. Fidel Castro then brought the world alarmingly close to nuclear war in 1962. Jorge Domnguez presents a comprehensive survey of Cuban international relations since Castro came to power. Domnguez unravels Cubas response to the 1962 missile crisis and the U.S.Soviet understandings that emerged from that. He explores the ties that link Cuba to the U.S.S.R. and other Communist countries; analyzes Cuban support for revolutionary movements throughout the world, especially in Latin America and Africa; and assesses the significance of Cuban political and economic relations with Western Europe, Canada, and Japan. Some have charged that Cuba does not have a foreign policy, that Fidel Castro merely takes orders from his Soviet bosses. Domnguez argues that there is indeed a specifically Cuban foreign policy, poi

Author

Jorge I Domínguez; Harvard University. Center for International Affairs

Publisher

Center for International Affairs

Published

1989

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674893252

Subjects

Political Science, History, Language Learning