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Keith Bolender
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Voices From The Other Side: An Oral History Of Terrorism Against Cuba
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2010
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5 editions
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Manufacturing the Enemy: The Media War Against Cuba
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Cuba Under Siege: American Policy, the Revolution and Its People
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2012
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3 editions
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Cuba Under Siege: American Policy, the Revolution and Its People
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2012
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6 editions
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Objetivo: Voltear a Cuba
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2011
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“Logically, then, whatever Fidel Castro did in opposition to American policy was wrong, regardless of his intentions and strategy towards his own people. All of the revolution’s accomplishments in free education, free medical services, the re-distribution of wealth and agrarian land reforms were disregarded, and continue to be discredited. All actions by Fidel were seen through the prism of being against American interests, and were by definition wrong. The only way to deal with Castro and his revolution was to remove him and the disease. In whatever way possible.”
― Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba
― Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba
“South Carolina representative Mendel Rivers angrily reaffirmed America’s perceived historical relationship with Cuba in a tirade against Fidel: “That bearded pipsqueak of the Antilles, who seized American property in a country that was conceived by America, delivered by America, nurtured by America, educated by America and made a self-governing nation by America.” He warned of the coming storm between the two nations: “When ingratitude on the part of a nation reaches the point that it has in Cuba, it is time for American wrath to display itself in no uncertain terms.”16”
― Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba
― Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba
“American officials estimated millions would be spent to develop internal security systems, and State Department officials expected the Cuban government to increase internal surveillance in an attempt to prevent further acts of terrorism. These systems, which restricted civil rights, became easy targets for critics. CIA officials admitted early on in the war of terrorism that the goal was not the military defeat of Fidel Castro, but to force the regime into applying increasingly stringent civil restrictions, with the resultant pressures on the Cuban public. This was outlined in a May 1961 agency report stating that the objective was to “plan, implement and sustain a program of covert actions designed to exploit the economic, political and psychological vulnerabilities of the Castro regime. It is neither expected nor argued that the successful execution of this covert program will in itself result in the overthrow of the Castro regime,” only to accelerate the “moral and physical disintegration of the Castro government.”
― Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba
― Voices From the Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism Against Cuba
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