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UNINA9910451151103321 |
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Autore |
Klepak H. P |
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Titolo |
Cuba's military 1990-2005 [[electronic resource] ] : Revolutionary soldiers during counter-revolutionary times / / Hal Klepak |
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New York, N.Y., : Palgrave MacMillan, c2005 |
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1-281-36876-8 |
9786611368760 |
1-4039-8060-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2005.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (353 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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327.7291 |
355.0097291/09049 |
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Soggetti |
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Armed Forces |
Electronic books. |
Cuba History, Military |
Cuba Armed Forces History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-332) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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. |
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UNISALENTO991000013969707536 |
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Autore |
Cartledge, Paul |
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Titolo |
Agesilaos and the crisis of Sparta / Paul Cartledge |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xii, 508 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
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Greece - History - Spartan and Theban supremacies, 404-362 B.C. |
Greece - Kings and rulers - Biography |
Sparta (Extinct city) - History |
Agesilaus II, King of Sparta |
Agesilaus II, King of Sparta |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes indexes. |
Bibliography: p. 461-487 |
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