1st Edition

Constructing US Foreign Policy The Curious Case of Cuba

By David Bernell Copyright 2011
200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

This book seeks to address the roots of the hostility that has characterized the United States’ relationship with Cuba and has persisted for decades, long after the Cold War. It answers the question of why America’s Cold War era policy toward Cuba has not substantially changed, despite a radically changed international environment, going beyond the common explanation that American electoral... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Imagining Latin America and Cuba  3. Constructing Reagan’s Castro  4. Waiting for Fidel  5. Conclusion

Biography

David Bernell is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Oregon State University, where he teaches and conducts research in international relations, United States foreign policy, and international political economy. He is the author of Readings in American Foreign Policy: Historical and Contemporary Problems (2008), and also consults for the renewable energy firm, Think Energy, Inc.