ABSTRACT
This book presents the reader with a detailed analysis of the U.S. policy toward Cuba that was designed and adopted by the Lyndon B. Johnson administration. Based in governmental and other sources from both the U.S. and Cuba, the book analyzes the changes in the U.S. policy and its political and practical effects. Cuba still had to face a combination of "dirty war" and "passive containment," but during the course of the 1960s, the influence of the "dirty war" policy was weakened due to the failure of the tactics to overthrow the Cuban Revolution by violent means. Instead, the policy was directed towards "passive containment," characterized by its focus on an intensification of the economic blockade, the promotion of diplomatic isolation, and propaganda campaigns and psychological warfare. The book is unique since it is written from a Cuban perspective and it complements and enriches the knowledge of the U.S.-Cuban relationship during the 1960s, and the policy adopted by the Johnson administration.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|34 pages
President Johnson and the Hostile Policy Toward Cuba
part II|41 pages
Tensions and Crises in 1964
part III|43 pages
The Diplomatic Isolation of Cuba in the Hemisphere
part IV|31 pages
The Economic War
part V|36 pages
The Defeat of the Dirty War
part VI|35 pages
Passive Containment