Cuba's Foreign Relations in a Post-Soviet World

by Erisman, H. Michael

• ISBN13: 9780813025872
• ISBN10: 0813025877
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Florida

Summary

In his analysis of the broad scope of revolutionary Cuba's foreign relations, H. Michael Erisman emphasizes two key aspects: Cuba's adjustment since the disintegration of the Soviet Bloc and the ongoing confrontation between Cuba and the United States. Using revolutionary Cuba's foreign relations as a case study in counterdependency politics, he proposes that the country has always been highly sensitive to the danger of overdependence on an external power and examines Havana's implementation of this stance in both the Cold War and post-Cold War periods. As the first comprehensive single-author treatment of the subject, Erisman not only tells readers what happened to Cuba's foreign relations but also offers a basis for understanding them.

Author Biography

H. Michael Erisman is professor of political science at Indiana State University

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vi
Foreword	vii
John M. Kirk
Preface	xi
Map	xiv
Prelude: Setting the Cuban Stage	1	(21)
Cuban Foreign Policy and Counterdependency Politics	22	(27)
In the Shadows of the Superpowers, 1959-1972	49	(30)
Beyond the Superpowers: The Halcyon Days of Cuban Globalism, 1972-1995	79	(26)
Engulfed by the Maelstrom: Cuba and the Passing of the Cold War, 1985-1992	105	(37)
Cuba Confronts the Post-Cold War Order 1992 Onward	142	(64)
Conclusion: The End of a Road Less Traveled?	206	(21)
Notes	227	(34)
Index	261