Prologue. Regional Politics, 1898, and the Platt Amendment

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter ii
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Introduction. Between Guantánamo and GTMO 1
5. Prologue. Regional Politics, 1898, and the Platt Amendment 19
6. 1. The Case of Kid Chicle Military Expansion and Labor Competition, 1939–1945 29
7. 2. “We Are Real Democrats” Legal Debates and Cold War Unionism before Castro, 1940–1954 61
8. 3. Good Neighbors, Good Revolutionaries, 1940–1958 100
9. 4. A “Ticklish” Position Revolution, Loyalty, and Crisis, 1959–1964 144
10. 5. Contract Workers, Exiles, and Commuters Neocolonial and Postmodern Labor Arrangements 191
11. Epilogue. Post 9/11: Empire and Labor Redux 215
12. Appendix. Guantánamo Civil Registry, 1921–1958 229
13. Notes 235
14. Selected Bibliography 293
15. Acknowledgments 309
16. Index 313