20th century american history
20th century cuban history
21st century american history
21st century cuban history
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american military
Author_Jana K. Lipman
caribbean
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cold war
contract workers
cuba
cuban revolution
empire
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fidel castro
guantanamo
guantanamo bay
kid chicle
labor
labor history
labor relations
labor unions
latin american history
military expansion
military occupation
neocolonialism
political
post 9 11
postmodernism
revolution
united states of america
us cuban relations
us naval base
us prison
war on terror
Product details
- ISBN 9780520255401
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 02 Dec 2008
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Guantanamo has become a symbol of what has gone wrong in the War on Terror. Yet Guantanamo is more than a U.S. naval base and prison in Cuba, it is a town, and our military occupation there has required more than soldiers and sailors - it has required workers. This revealing history of the women and men who worked on the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay tells the story of U.S.-Cuban relations from a new perspective, and at the same time, shows how neocolonialism, empire, and revolution transformed the lives of everyday people.Drawing from rich oral histories and little-explored Cuban archives, Jana K. Lipman analyzes how the Cold War and the Cuban revolution made the naval base a place devoid of law and accountability. The result is a narrative filled with danger, intrigue, and exploitation throughout the twentieth century. Opening a new window onto the history of U.S. imperialism in the Caribbean and labor history in the region, her book tells how events in Guantanamo and the base created an ominous precedent likely to inform the functioning of U.S. military bases around the world.
Jana K. Lipman is Assistant Professor of History at Tulane University.
