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The Johnson Administration's Cuba Policy: From

1st Edition

The Johnson Administration's Cuba Policy From "Dirty War" to Passive Containment

By Håkan Karlsson, Tomás Diez Acosta Copyright 2021
252 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book presents the reader with a detailed analysis of the U.S. policy toward Cuba that was designed and adopted by the Lyndon B. Johnson administration. Based in governmental and other sources from both the U.S. and Cuba, the book analyzes the changes in the U.S. policy and its political and practical effects. Cuba still had to face a combination of "dirty war" and "passive containment," but... Read more

Part 1: President Johnson and the Hostile Policy Toward Cuba

Introduction to Part 1

1. The Perspective of the Johnson Administration

2. Revision of the "Integrated Covert Action Program"

Part 2: Tensions and Crises in 1964

Introduction to Part 2

3. The So-Called "Water Crisis"

4. The Genesis of a New Crisis

5. The Crisis of May 1964

Part 3: The Diplomatic Isolation of Cuba in the Hemisphere

Introduction to Part 3

6. U.S. Preparatory Actions: The "Venezuelan Resolutions"

7. The U.S. National Security Council and the Action of the OAS

8. Call for the IX Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OAS

9. The Agreements of the IX Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs

10. Cuba Responds to the U.S. Conspiracy

Part 4: The Economic War

Introduction to Part 4

11. The Difficulties to Strengthen the Economic War

12. The Predominance of Economic Warfare

13. The U.S. Immigration Policy Toward Cuba

Part 5: The Defeat of the "Dirty War"

Introduction to Part 5

14. The Liquidation of the Armed Bands (1964–1965)

15. The Defeat of the Internal Counterrevolution

16. The Failure of the "Integrated Covert Action Program"

Part 6: Passive Containment

Introduction to Part 6

17. Johnson and the Counterinsurgency Containment (1964–1968)

18. From "Dirty War" to Passive Containment (1966–1968)

19. The Cuban Counterrevolution Abroad

Biography

Håkan Karlsson is Full Professor in Archaeology at the Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Tomás Diez Acosta is Professor and Researcher at the Instituto de Historia de Cuba.

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