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Guantanamo
A Working-Class History between Empire and Revolution
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English
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2010
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Guantánamo has become a symbol of what has gone wrong in the War on Terror. Yet Guantánamo is more than a U.S. naval base and prison in Cuba, it is a town, and our military occupation there has required more than soldiers and sailors—it has required workers. This revealing history of the women and men who worked on the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay tells the story of U.S.-Cuban relations from a new perspective, and at the same time, shows how neocolonialism, empire, and revolution transformed the lives of everyday people. Drawing from rich oral histories and little-explored Cuban archives, Jana K. Lipman analyzes how the Cold War and the Cuban revolution made the naval base a place devoid of law and accountability. The result is a narrative filled with danger, intrigue, and exploitation throughout the twentieth century. Opening a new window onto the history of U.S. imperialism in the Caribbean and labor history in the region, her book tells how events in Guantánamo and the base created an ominous precedent likely to inform the functioning of U.S. military bases around the world.
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Contributor: Jana K. Lipman
Jana K. Lipman is Assistant Professor of History at Tulane University.
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Introduction. Between Guantánamo and GTMO
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Prologue. Regional Politics, 1898, and the Platt Amendment
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1. The Case of Kid Chicle Military Expansion and Labor Competition, 1939–1945
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2. “We Are Real Democrats” Legal Debates and Cold War Unionism before Castro, 1940–1954
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3. Good Neighbors, Good Revolutionaries, 1940–1958
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4. A “Ticklish” Position Revolution, Loyalty, and Crisis, 1959–1964
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5. Contract Workers, Exiles, and Commuters Neocolonial and Postmodern Labor Arrangements
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Epilogue. Post 9/11: Empire and Labor Redux
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Appendix. Guantánamo Civil Registry, 1921–1958
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Notes
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Selected Bibliography
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Acknowledgments
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Index
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July 22, 2019
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9780520942370
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Keywords for this book
guantanamo; us cuban relations; neocolonialism; labor history; 20th century cuban history; 20th century american history; 21st century cuban history; 21st century american history; guantanamo bay; american military; fidel castro; kid chicle; labor unions; cold war; cuban revolution; military occupation; latin american history; war on terror; us naval base; us prison; post 9 11; military expansion; contract workers; postmodernism; labor relations; revolution; political; caribbean; united states of america; cuba; labor; empire
