Description
Cuba's grassroots revolution prevailed on America's doorstep in 1959, fueling intense interest within the multiracial American Left even as it provoked a backlash from the U.S. political establishment. In this groundbreaking book, historian Teishan A. Latner contends that in the era of decolonization, the Vietnam War, and Black Power, socialist Cuba claimed center stage for a generation of Americans who looked to the insurgent Third World for inspiration and political theory. As Americans studied the island's achievements in education, health care, and economic redistribution, Cubans in turn looked to U.S. leftists as collaborators in the global battle against inequality and allies in the nation's Cold War struggle with Washington. By forging ties with organizations such as the Venceremos Brigade, the Black Panther Party, and the Cuban American students of the Antonio Maceo Brigade, and by providing political asylum to activists such as Assata Shakur, Cuba became a durable global influence on the U.S. Left.
Drawing from extensive archival and oral history research and declassified FBI and CIA documents, this is the first multidecade examination of the encounter between the Cuban Revolution and the U.S. Left after 1959. By analyzing Cuba's multifaceted impact on American radicalism, Latner contributes to a growing body of scholarship that has globalized the study of U.S. social justice movements.
About the Author
Teishan A. Latner is assistant professor of history at Thomas Jefferson University.
Reviews
An outstanding piece of scholarship that merits a book prize." - Journal of American History
"Teishan Latner's fascinating Cuban Revolution in America, with its focus on histories of travel, hijacking, and exile across Cold War barriers, is an important intellectual weapon against both the [travel] ban and the blockade." - Labour/Le Travail
"An impressive, compelling work of research and analysis . . . an unusually deep and nuanced study." - H-Net Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9781469659206
Author Teishan A. Latner
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Weight(grams) 333g
Drawing from extensive archival and oral history research and declassified FBI and CIA documents, this is the first multidecade examination of the encounter between the Cuban Revolution and the U.S. Left after 1959. By analyzing Cuba's multifaceted impact on American radicalism, Latner contributes to a growing body of scholarship that has globalized the study of U.S. social justice movements.
About the Author
Teishan A. Latner is assistant professor of history at Thomas Jefferson University.
Reviews
An outstanding piece of scholarship that merits a book prize." - Journal of American History
"Teishan Latner's fascinating Cuban Revolution in America, with its focus on histories of travel, hijacking, and exile across Cold War barriers, is an important intellectual weapon against both the [travel] ban and the blockade." - Labour/Le Travail
"An impressive, compelling work of research and analysis . . . an unusually deep and nuanced study." - H-Net Reviews
Book Information
ISBN 9781469659206
Author Teishan A. Latner
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Weight(grams) 333g
