Imperial State and Revolution: The United States and Cuba, 1952-1986

by Morris H. Morley

Book Overview

The United States played a decisive role in Cuba's political and economic development during the first half of the twentieth century. The emergence in the 1950s of a broad-based opposition movement to the Batista dictatorship was viewed by American policy makers as a threat to American interests. The paramount concern of the Eisenhower administration was to deny political power to the Castro forces, a goal pursued by all means short of direct military...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521357624
• ISBN13: 9780521357623
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent view of U.S. foreign policy

While Americans typically recoil at the notion that there exists an American Empire, Morris Morley provides an excellent framework for viewing U.S. actions, particularly towards Cuba. While many readers might challenge Morley's assumptions, it is hard to fight with his logic. Defined as "a state with boundaries for capital accumulation located far beyond its geographic limits" (imperialism and neoimperialism), Morley suggests that the Imperial State depends on an integration of government and business.