Intervention, Revolution, and Politics in Cuba, 1913-1921

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Perez views the various economic, political and diplomatic methods used by the United States government to exert hegemony over Cuba from 1913-1921. He also examines the political turmoil and collapse of the traditional Cuban party structure, as candidates were forced to forge alliances with the U.S.  Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Politics, Diplomacy, and Reelection: The Cuban Electoral Crisis of 1916 2. “La Chambelona”: Insurrection in the Plattist System 3 Counterrevolutionary Diplomacy: Policy, Politics, and the "February Revolution" 4 Gunboat Diplomacy: Naval Mediations and Liberal Politics in Oriente Province 5 Liberals, Bandits, and Social Protest: The Persistence of Insurgency 6 The “Sugar Intervention”: Marines in Cuba 7 Electoral Intervention in the Plattist System, 1919-1921 8 Capital, Bureaucrats, and Policy: The Economic Contours of U.S.-Cuban Relations, 1913-1921 9 The Politico-Diplomatic Contours of U.S.-Cuban Relations, 1913-1921 Notes Bibliography Index