Cuba Under the Platt Amendment, 1902-1934

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• Choice 1987 Outstanding Academic Book This book examines the early years of the Cuban Republic, launched in 1902 after the war with Spain. Although no longer a colony, the country was still hobbled by continuing dependence on and exploitation from a foreign power. Pérez shows how U.S. armed intervention in Cuba in 1898 and subsequent military occupation revitalized elements of the colonial system that would serve imperialist interests during independence. The concessions of the Platt Amendment in 1903 became the principal instrument for U.S. expansion in Cuba. The U.S. then gained control over resources and markets. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Everything in Transition 2 The Imperial Transfer 3 Heroes Without Homes 4 The Republic Inaugurated 5 The Republic Restored 6 The Pursuit of Politics 7 Free and Honest Elections 8 Reason to Rule 9 For High Reasons of State 10 Promise Without Proof 11 Echoes of Contradictions Notes Chapter i. Everything in Transition Chapter 2. The Imperial Transfer Chapter 3. Heroes Without Homes Chapter 4. The Republic Inaugurated Chapter 5. The Republic Restored Chapter 6. The Pursuit of Politics Chapter 7. Free and Honest Elections Chapter 8. Reason to Rule Chapter 9. For High Reasons of State Chapter 10. Promise Without Proof Chapter 11. Echoes of Contradictions Chapter 12. Cuba, 1902-1934: A Retrospect Bibliography Archival Sources Manuscript Collections Theses and Unpublished Manuscripts Documents Newspapers Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Reminiscences Books Articles Index