03058nam 2200661Ia 450 991081740630332120230617004743.01-281-36876-897866113687601-4039-8060-810.1057/9781403980601(CKB)1000000000342600(EBL)307719(OCoLC)647536950(SSID)ssj0000133258(PQKBManifestationID)11145740(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000133258(PQKBWorkID)10045154(PQKB)11239961(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8060-1(MiAaPQ)EBC307719(Au-PeEL)EBL307719(CaPaEBR)ebr10135642(CaONFJC)MIL136876(EXLCZ)99100000000034260020051129d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCuba's military 1990-2005[electronic resource] Revolutionary soldiers during counter-revolutionary times /Hal Klepak1st ed. 2005.New York, N.Y. Palgrave MacMillanc20051 online resource (353 p.)Studies of the AmericasDescription based upon print version of record.1-349-53336-X 1-4039-7202-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-332) and index.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; IndexThis 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.Studies of the Americas.Armed ForcesCubaHistory, MilitaryCubaArmed ForcesHistoryArmed Forces.327.7291355.0097291/09049Klepak H. P1201875MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817406303321Cuba's military 1990-20054122887UNINA