The Cuban Embargo: The Domestic Politics of an American Foreign Policy

by Patrick Haney and Patrick J. Haney

The United States and Cuba share a complex, fractious, interconnected history. Before 1959, the United States was the island nation's largest trading partner. But in swift reaction to Cuba's communist revolution, the United States severed all economic ties between the two nations, initiating the longest trade embargo in modern history, one that continues to the presentday. The Cuban Embargo examines the changing politics of U.S. policy toward Cuba...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822958635
• ISBN13: 9780822958635
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"