Cuba's Military 1990-2005 : Revolutionary Soldiers During Counter-Revolutionary Times / / by H. Klepak

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910973285503321
• Autore: Klepak H. P
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-281-36876-8; 9786611368760; 1-4039-8060-8
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2005.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Collana: Studies of the Americas
• Disciplina: 327.7291; 355.0097291/09049
• Soggetti: America - Politics and government; International relations; Military history; Ethnology - Latin America; Culture; America - History; Political science; American Politics; International Relations; Military History; Latin American Culture; History of the Americas; Political Science
• 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 (p. [315]-332) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Avant Propos; Chapter 1 Mambises Still? The Revolutionary Tradition in the Cuban Armed Forces; Chapter 2 The FAR up to the Special Period, 1959-1990: The Third World's Most Impressive Armed Force?; Chapter 3 The Blows: The FAR Alone in a Cruel World; Chapter 4 "The Proof is in the Pudding": The FAR and the Economy; Chapter 5 The FAR and the United States: Confidence ; Building in Limited but Important Sectors; Chapter 6 Cuba, the FAR, and Other Countries: Has the Search for Friends Brought Results?; Chapter 7 The Context for the FAR at Home-Malaise sans fin?; Chapter 8 The FAR and the Politics of "No Transition": But Who Else?Chapter 9 The Military Defense of Cuba: But Can the FAR still Deter?; Chapter 10 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is the first examination of the Cuban military in the context of Cuba's political and economic challenges in the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR - and therefore of Soviet economic, political and psychological support. It provides important historical and political contexts of the development and engagement of the military.