Cuba and the United States Essays -- Foreign Policy Politics Political

Cuba and the joined States The island of Cuba has been a focal point of American exotic indemnity since the acquisition of Florida in the late 1800s. Cuba continues to capture Americas attention as it is the only existing communist state in the Western Hemisphere. U.S. policy has attempted to topple the communist regime in Cuba since its outset in 1961. Policies designed to incite revolution, destroy the Cuban economy, and starve the Cuban mess seem to be at odds with American ideals of democracy and sove masterty. It is, in fact, the very policies that the United States has implemented that have strengthened and prolonged Fidel Castros reign in Cuba. The relationship between the United States and Cuba is paradoxical in that its very basis is anti-democratic. The United States never has supported the right of the Cuban hoi polloi to govern themselves and now it has adopted a position of attempting to force on Cuba the political ideals it deems safe. This examination hopes to explain the background of that relationship and the state in which it now exists. Foreign policy in Cuba is fascinating in that it is a story unlike any other in U.S. history. The ability of cardinal small island to dominate the foreign policy concerns of a world tycoon is certainly an subject for inquiry. Obsession with the island of Cuba itself is nothing new in the United States. For the last thirty years, the small island just 92 miles off the swoop of Florida, has shaped American foreign policy. Cubas geographical location and political social system place it at odds with the United States on all fronts. The adjoining proximity of Cuba to the United States coast places it in the limelight of national protection concerns. The map provides a clear ... ...e Secretary General of the United Nations. 20 September 1995. MacGaffey, Wyatt. Twentieth Century Cuba t he Background of the Castro Revolution. young York Anchor Books, 1965. Manach, Jorge. Marti Apostle o f Freedom. rising York Devin-Adair, 1950. Matthews, Herbert. The Cuban Story. New York Harcourt, 1961. Matthews, Herbert. Fidel Castro. New York Harcourt, 1969. Matthews, Herbert. The Fruits of Fascism. New York Harcourt, 1943. Mills, C. Wright. Listen, Yankee. New York Ballantine Books, 1961. Myers, Steven. Clinton Clears Media to Open in Cuba. New York Times, 13 February 1997. A6. Oppenheimer, Albert. Castros Final Hour. New York Macmillan, 1992. Oppenheimer, Albert. Incresingly, Castro Loses flavour With Cuba. The Miami Herald. 28 July 1992, A12. Phillips, Ruby. The Cuban Dilema. New York