Cuba : confronting the U.S. embargo
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Cuba : confronting the U.S. embargo
St. Martin's Griffin, c1999
- : pbk
- : cloth
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-216) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: cloth ISBN 9780312216207
Description
Cuba: Confronting the US Embargo details and analyses the effects of the US embargo on Cuban society and the response of Cuba and its population to overcoming its consequences. Although the embargo disrupts and harms almost all aspects of life concentration focuses on those sectors most affected. The book is framed by the issue of human rights - from both the Cuban and the US perspective - an ideological gulf which underpins the political differences that exist between the two countries, and which raises the question of how extensively the implementation of the embargo violates the human rights of Cuba and its citizens.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: The Embargo and Human Rights: US and Cuban Perspectives The United States, Cuba and the Eastern Caribbean A War Against Public Health Starving the Cuban People The Question of Religion Political Dissent Conclusion: Cuba's Future and the Embargo Notes Bibliography Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780312229658
Description
Focusing on those sectors most affected, Schwab (political science, State U. of New York-Purchase College) analyzes the effects of the US embargo on Cuban society and the efforts of the island country and its people to overcome the consequences. Human rights, public health, starvation, religion, and
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