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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458961703321

Autore

Gibbs Jessica F.

Titolo

US policy towards Cuba : since the Cold War / / Jessica F. Gibbs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-134-07396-8

1-283-04617-2

9786613046178

0-203-94612-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in us foreign policy

Disciplina

327.7307291

Soggetti

International relations

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations Cuba

Cuba Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 'Almost within sight of our shores'; 2 The Cuban Democracy Act: Putting the hammer down on Fidel Castro; 3 Missed opportunities; 4 The rafter crisis and its consequences; 5 'Adios Fidel'?; 6 The transformation of the anti-embargo movement; 7 George W. Bush, champion of the anti-Castro cause?; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

US Policy Towards Cuba is a comprehensive examination of U.S. policy towards Cuba after the Cold War, from 1989-2008. It discusses the competition between Congress and the executive for control of policy, and the domestic interests which shaped policymaking and led to the passage of two major pieces of legislation (the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 and the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996, better known as the Helms-Burton Act) which tightened the embargo on Cuba and were fiercely resisted by U.S. allies. There is also a strong focus on migration as an issue in U.S.-Cuban re