Thаt Infеrnаl Littlе Cubаn Rеpublic: Thе Unitеd Stаtеs аnd thе Cubаn Rеvolution
Publisher: Thе Univеrsity of North Саrolinа Prеss
Number of Pages: 768
Published: 2009-04-01
List price: $35.00
Cuba has regularly given Washington a headache, Lars Schoultz observes in his comprehensive chronicle of U.S. policy toward the Cuban Revolution. Seeking relief, even the most patient U.S. officials have often been tempted to repeat what an exasperated President Theodore Roosevelt told a friend in 1906: "I am so angry with that infernal little Cuban republic that I would like to wipe its people off the face of the earth." Certainly that has been true since 1959, when a group of rebels led by Fidel Castro ousted Fulgencio Batista, a dictator known for his friendly ties to the United States, ...