Download or read book Guant namo and American Empire written by Don E. Walicek and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the humanities as an insightful platform for understanding and responding to the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, other manifestations of “Guantánamo,” and the contested place of freedom in American Empire. It presents the work of scholars and writers based in Cuba’s Guantánamo Province and various parts of the US. Its essays, short stories, poetry, and other texts engage the far-reaching meaning and significance of Gitmo by bringing together what happens on the U.S. side of the fence—or “la cerca,” as it is called in Cuba—with perspectives from the outside world. Chapters include critiques of artistic renderings of the Guantánamo region; historical narratives contemplating the significance of freedom; analyses of the ways the base and region inform the Cuban imaginary; and fiction and poetry published for the first time in English. Not simply a critique of imperialism, this volume presents politically engaged commentary that suggests a way forward for a site of global contact and conflict.
Download or read book Guant namo written by Fidel Castro and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is it that Guantanamo Bay, seized after the Spanish-American war over 100 years ago, is still held by the US as a naval base? Written by one of the most infamous international leaders, Guantanamo is the only book to address the historical debate about the legality of the US occupation of Cuba, preceding its use as a prison for the War on Terror. 50 years after first calling for the return of the territory, Castro reviews the history of the base, reiterating Cuba's case.
Download or read book Cuba written by Cuba. Oficina Nacional del Censo and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geography of Cuba written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 149. Chapters: Bays of Cuba, Borders of Cuba, Cuba geography stubs, Geography of Havana, Geology of Cuba, Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Landforms of Cuba, Melena del Sur, National parks of Cuba, Natural disasters in Cuba, Parks in Cuba, Populated places in Cuba, Ports and harbors of Cuba, Subdivisions of Cuba, World Heritage Sites in Cuba, Bay of Pigs, Santiago de Cuba, Municipalities of Cuba, Santa Clara, Cuba, List of World Heritage Sites in Cuba, Pinar del Rio, Matanzas, Timeline of Guantanamo Bay, Florencia, Cuba, Camaguey, Baracoa, Varadero, Cienfuegos, Remedios, Cuba, Guayos, Trinidad, Cuba, Old Havana, Provinces of Cuba, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, Santiago de Las Vegas, Holguin, Vinales, Camaguey Province, Caibarien, Moron, Cuba, Yaguajay, Cuba, Artemisa, Bayamo, Camajuani, San Antonio de los Banos, Las Tunas Province, Cardenas, Cuba, Cienfuegos Province, Ciego de Avila, Placetas, Sagua La Grande, Cuban dry forests, Guane, Zapata Swamp, Mayari, Sandino, Cuba, San Jose de las Lajas, Cuba, Topes de Collantes, Platt Amendment, Colon, Cuba, Santa Cruz del Sur, Santa Cruz del Norte, Omaja, Cuba, Jaruco, Jovellanos, Manzanillo, Cuba, Gibara, Mogotes de Jumagua, Marti, Cuba, Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca, Nuevitas, Bejucal, Fomento, Cuba, Victoria de Las Tunas, San Miguel del Padron, Manicaragua, Cuba, Union de Reyes, Cuba, Yara, Cuba, Batabano, Cuba, Cuchillas del Toa, Valley de los Ingenios, Consolacion del Sur, Boyeros, Mariel, Cuba, Jatibonico, Cuba, Esmeralda, Cuba, Guira de Melena, Guines, San Luis, Santiago de Cuba, Quivican, Cuba, Cruces, Cuba, Pedro Betancourt, Cuba, Jaguey Grande, Cuba, Limonar, Cuba, Puerto Padre, Caimanera, W.T. Sampson High School, Jiguani, Centro Habana, Cabaiguan, Guanajay, Guaimaro, Cayman Trough, Corralillo, Cuba, Perico, Cuba, Mantua, Cuba, Palma Soriano, ..
Download or read book Guantanamo written by Jana K. Lipman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guantánamo has become a symbol of what has gone wrong in the War on Terror. Yet Guantánamo 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 Guantánamo 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 Guantánamo and the base created an ominous precedent likely to inform the functioning of U.S. military bases around the world.
Download or read book Guant namo Bay and Military Tribunals written by Bill Scheppler and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2004-12-15 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the role of the detention center called Camp Delta at Guantâanamo Bay, Cuba in the United States' war on terror, discussing such issues as the difference between prisoners of war and enemy combatants, the Geneva Convention, and the life of a detainee.
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Cuba written by Fiona McAuslan and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Cuba is the ultimate guide to the home of sun, salsa and rum. The guide's full-colour section introduces the best Cuba has to offer, plus you'll find information on the hottest clubs and cafes and Cuba's best bars, places to eat and beaches. Up-to-date and honest reviews will help you track down accommodation, with the most comprehensive list of casas particulares of any guidebook. There's also detailed information on the country's history, currency and music, plus the recent changes to the public transport systems and a comprehensive language section with cubanismos. Detailed colour maps will help you find your way around Cuba, with particular attention paid to the main visitor areas. Make the most of your time on earth with The Rough Guide to Cuba.
Download or read book Defiant Gardens written by Kenneth I. Helphand and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of wartime gardens documents how they humanize landscapes and experience, even under the direst conditions
Download or read book Political Essay on the Island of Cuba written by Alexander von Humboldt and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-05-15 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research Alexander von Humboldt amassed during his five-year trek through the Americas in the early 19th century proved foundational to the fields of botany and geology. But his visit to Cuba yielded observations that extended far beyond the natural world. This title presents a physical and cultural study of the island nation.
Download or read book Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book North American Geologic Formation Names Bibliography Synonymy and Distribution written by Fred Boughton Weeks and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guant namo written by Jonathan M. Hansen and published by Hill and Wang. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An on-the-ground history of American empire Say the word "Guantánamo" and orange jumpsuits, chain-link fences, torture, and indefinite detention come to mind. To critics the world over, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is a striking symbol of American hypocrisy. But the prison isn't the whole story. For more than two centuries, Guantánamo has been at the center of American imperial ambition, first as an object of desire then as a convenient staging ground. In Guantánamo: An American History, Jonathan M. Hansen presents the first complete account of this fascinating place. The U.S. presence at Guantánamo predates even the nation itself, as the bay figured centrally in the imperial expansion plans of colonist and British sailor Lawrence Washington—half brother of the future president George. As the young United States rose in power, Thomas Jefferson and his followers envisioned a vast "empire of liberty," which hinged on U.S. control of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Politically and geographically, Guantánamo Bay was the key to this strategy. So when Cubans took up arms against their Spanish rulers in 1898, America swooped in to ensure that Guantánamo would end up firmly in its control. Over the next century, the American navy turned the bay into an idyllic modern Mayberry—complete with bungalows, cul-de-sacs, and country clubs—which base residents still enjoy. In many ways, Guantánamo remains more quintessentially American than America itself: a distillation of the idealism and arrogance that has characterized U.S. national identity and foreign policy from the very beginning. Despite the Obama administration's repeated efforts to shutter the notorious prison, the naval base is in no danger of closing anytime soon. Places like Guantánamo, which fall between the clear borders of law and sovereignty, continue to serve a purpose regardless of which leaders—left, right, or center—hold the reins of power.
Download or read book Trade Directory of Central America and the West Indies written by United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guant namo USA written by Stephen Irving Max Schwab and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 1999-11-16 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established as America's first foreign naval base following the Spanish-American War, Guantanamo is now more often thought of as our Devil's Island, the gulag of our times. This book takes readers beyond the orange-jumpsuited detainees of today's headlines to provide the first comprehensive history of Guantanamo from its origins to the present. Occupying 45 square miles of land and sea, Guantanamo has for more than a century symbolized the imperial impulse within U.S. foreign policy, and its occupation is decried by Cuba as a violation of international law--even though a treaty legally grants the U.S. a lease in perpetuity. Stephen Schwab now describes the base's role in American, Caribbean, and global history, explaining how it came to be, why it's still there, and how it continues to serve a variety of purposes. Schwab views the base's creation as part of a broad U.S. strategy of annexations, protectorates, and limited interventions devised to create a strong sphere of influence in the western Atlantic. He charts its history from this early belief that it would prevent European powers from staking imperial claims in the Caribbean and examines the crucial defensive role that Guantanamo played as a convoy hub for strategic goods during World War II. He then looks at clashes over Guantanamo during the Cold War, culminating in LBJ's decision to make the base independent by firing Cuban workers and building a desalinization plant. Schwab also fleshes out Guantanamo's ongoing roles as the U.S. Navy's lone forward base in the Caribbean, providing refueling for U.S. and allied ships, as a Coast Guard station engaged in search-and-rescue missions and counternarcotics operations, and as a U.S. facility for processing undocumented aliens. Even though the Castro government persistently protests America's presence—and refuses even to bank the rent that the U.S. dutifully pays—Guantanamo remains the only place where diplomatic exchanges between the two countries occur, and Schwab documents how the facility has served mutual interests as both a point of nationalistic frictions and a center for diplomatic compromise. By presenting Guantanamo's story within its broader historical framework, his book gives readers a greater appreciation of America's true stake in this controversial Caribbean outpost.
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Download or read book The Cuba Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
