Constructing US Foreign Policy - The Curious Case of Cuba (Paperback)

This book seeks to address the roots of the hostility that has characterized the United States' relationship with Cuba and has persisted for decades, long after the Cold War. It answers the question of why America's Cold War era policy toward Cuba has not substantially changed, despite a radically changed international environment, going beyond the common explanation that American electoral politics and the Cuban lobby drive US policy toward Cuba. Bernell argues that US foreign policy towards Cuba cannot be viewed as an objective response to a set of challenges to US interests and principles, and is better understood as a policy that is rooted in and informed by historical understandings of American and Cuban identities, which are themselves historically contingent. Examining a wide range of sources including government documentation and official speeches, this work explores the origins and perpetuation of a policy perspective that emphasizes Cuban difference, illegitimacy, and inferiority juxtaposed against American virtue, legitimacy, and superiority. This work will be of great interest to all scholars of US foreign policy, International Relations, and Latin American politics.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	2011
Authors:	David Bernell
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-83017-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-83017-6
Barcode:	9780415830171

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