Cuba’s Military 1990–2005: Revolutionary Soldiers During Counter-Revolutionary TimesSpringer, 2005 M10 20 - 340 páginas 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. |
Contenido
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Chapter 1 Mambises Still? The Revolutionary Tradition in the Cuban Armed Forces | 15 |
The Third Worlds Most Impressive Armed Force? | 41 |
The FAR Alone in a Cruel World | 55 |
The FAR and the Economy | 75 |
Confidence Building in Limited but Important Sectors | 103 |
Has the Search for Friends Brought Results? | 148 |
Chapter 7 The Context for the FAR at HomeMalaise sans fin? | 197 |
But Who Else? | 209 |
But Can the FAR still Deter? | 241 |
Chapter 10 Conclusion | 271 |
Notes | 279 |
Bibliography | 314 |
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