The United States and Cuba: Intimate Enemies

by Marifeli Pérez-Stable

Book Overview

A great power and a weaker, rival neighbor can eventually have normal relations. Prior to 1959, Cuba and the United States didn't have a mutually beneficial and respectful relationship, and amid the Cold War, Cuba's alliance with the Soviet Union made U.S.-Cuba normality even more elusive. What the United States and Cuba now face is relating to each other as normally as possible, a task made all the more difficult by the shadow of the Cold War...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415804507
• ISBN13: 9780415804509
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"