Douglas, Robert2008-08-112008-08-1120082008-08-11http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1058Despite 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.enAvailable to the World Wide WebHISTORYCUBAGERALD FORDGEORGE H. W. BUSHUNITED STATESU.S.-CUBAN RELATIONSTERRORISMWAR ON TERRORISMFIDEL CASTROBAY OF PIGSOPERATION MONGOOSECUBAN MISSILE CRISISDWIGHT EISENHOWERJOHN KENNEDYLYNDON JOHNSONRICHARD NIXONHENRY KISSINGERGEORGE W. BUSHCUBAN EXILESJORGE MAS CANOSALUIS POSADA CARRILESORLANDO BOSCHFELIX RODRIGUEZCORUCUBAN REVOLUTIONFILIBUSTERINGNARCISO LOPEZUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::History::United States--HistoryThesis