| 紀錄類型: |
書目-電子資源
: 單行本
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| 作者: |
HullChristopher, 1965- |
| 出版地: |
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY |
| 出版者: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| 出版年: |
2013 |
| 面頁冊數: |
1 online resource. |
| 標題: |
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International - |
| 標題: |
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General - |
| 電子資源: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137301765 |
| 附註: |
Description based on print version record. |
| 摘要註: |
Utilizing a wealth of British diplomatic records and other sources this study offers fresh insights into the whole period of US political and economic domination in Cuba from 1898 until the eventful early period of the Cuban Revolution after 1959, when the hitherto close US-Cuban relationship fell apart. It investigates two British attempts to agree a commercial treaty with Cuba, and the contentious sales of arms and Leyland buses before and after the Fidel Castro-led Revolution. The book outlines Britain's economic decline through two world wars, but also the country's importance as a second market for Cuban sugar and cigar exports. It demonstrates how British governments and diplomats in Havana sought to protect their interests in Cuba, including railway and insurance companies, always sensitive to the reactions of the United States b6 s a vital transatlantic ally with a significant stake in the Caribbean island. |
| ISBN: |
9781137301765electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
1137301767electronic bk. |
| 內容註: |
Perfidious Albion? : Britain and Cuba before 1898 Uncle Sam versus the British lion World War I to boom and bust Beyond recognition : Grau's government Sugar and the Anglo-Cuban Commercial Treaty World War II : sugar without cigars Cold war : democracy to dictatorship Revolution : Anglo-American cooperation Shipping, the missile crisis and buses. |