Being successfully nasty: the United States, Cuba and state-sponsored terrorism, 1959-1976

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dc.contributor.authorDouglas, Robert
dc.contributor.supervisorColby, Jason
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-11T22:07:39Z
dc.date.available2008-08-11T22:07:39Z
dc.date.copyright2008en_US
dc.date.issued2008-08-11T22:07:39Z
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Historyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractDespite being the global leader in the “war on terror,” the United States has been accused of sponsoring terrorism against Cuba. The following study assesses these charges. After establishing a definition of terrorism, it examines U.S.-Cuban relations from 1808 to 1958, arguing that the United States has historically employed violence in its efforts to control Cuba. U.S. leaders maintained this approach even after the Cuban Revolution: months after Fidel Castro’s guerrilla army took power, Washington began organizing Cuban exiles to carry out terrorist attacks against the island, and continued to support and tolerate such activities until the 1970s, culminating in what was the hemisphere’s most lethal act of airline terrorism before 9/11. Since then, the United States has maintained contact with well-known anti-Castro terrorists, in many cases employing and harbouring them, despite its claims to be fighting an international campaign against terrorism.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/1058
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectHISTORYen_US
dc.subjectCUBAen_US
dc.subjectGERALD FORDen_US
dc.subjectGEORGE H. W. BUSHen_US
dc.subjectUNITED STATESen_US
dc.subjectU.S.-CUBAN RELATIONSen_US
dc.subjectTERRORISMen_US
dc.subjectWAR ON TERRORISMen_US
dc.subjectFIDEL CASTROen_US
dc.subjectBAY OF PIGSen_US
dc.subjectOPERATION MONGOOSEen_US
dc.subjectCUBAN MISSILE CRISISen_US
dc.subjectDWIGHT EISENHOWERen_US
dc.subjectJOHN KENNEDYen_US
dc.subjectLYNDON JOHNSONen_US
dc.subjectRICHARD NIXONen_US
dc.subjectHENRY KISSINGERen_US
dc.subjectGEORGE W. BUSHen_US
dc.subjectCUBAN EXILESen_US
dc.subjectJORGE MAS CANOSAen_US
dc.subjectLUIS POSADA CARRILESen_US
dc.subjectORLANDO BOSCHen_US
dc.subjectFELIX RODRIGUEZen_US
dc.subjectCORUen_US
dc.subjectCUBAN REVOLUTIONen_US
dc.subjectFILIBUSTERINGen_US
dc.subjectNARCISO LOPEZen_US
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::History::United States--Historyen_US
dc.titleBeing successfully nasty: the United States, Cuba and state-sponsored terrorism, 1959-1976en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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