Cuba and Economic Sanctions: A Cold War Strategy in the 21st Century

Abstract

Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba in January 1959 culminating a three-year revolution against President Fulgenclo Batista's government. In October 1960 President Eisenhower initiated the opening phase of economic sanctions against Cuba and in 1961 the United States and Cuba severed diplomatic ties. Every President from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush has reviewed and kept in place sanctions against Cuba. The sanctions were originally established in response to Cuba's seizure of U.S. property establishment of a single party Marxist-Leninist government alliance with the former Soviet Union and Castro's defiance on any American intervention into Cuba. These sanctions and U.S. attitudes and perceptions were based on objectives driven by the Cold War and as such are outdated and overtaken by events. The sanctions should be lifted and diplomatic ties once again established both to support United States goals in the region and for quality of life improvements for Cuba.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 2004
Accession Number
ADA423707

Entities

People

  • Thomas M. Kelley

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Cold War
  • Commerce
  • Department Of State
  • Economic Sanctions
  • Economic Systems
  • Governments
  • Hispanics
  • Human Rights
  • International Law
  • International Trade
  • National Politics
  • Political Systems
  • Quality Of Life
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.