Cuban support to Latin America and Caribbean insurgencies: 1978-1983
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Authors
Butler, Susan Hartley
Subjects
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Central America
Caribbean
Revolution
Fidel Castro
Central America
Caribbean
Revolution
Advisors
Valenta, Jiri
Date of Issue
1985-09
Date
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis explores the historical and ideological
foundations of Cuban involvement with other Communist and
insurgent movements throughout Central America and the
Caribbean. The thesis focuses on the period 1978 to 1983,
and includes analyses of Cuban relations with groups in and
out of power in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Costa Rica, Colombia, Grenada, and other Caribbean
microstates. Cuban techniques for promoting wars of
national liberation, with minimal risk and cost to the
Castro regime, are discussed. Areas in which Cuban and
Soviet objectives have diverged are noted to show that Cuban
aggression in the region is directed primarily against the
United States, and not necessarily tailored to meet Soviet
goals.
Type
Thesis
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Department
National Security Affairs (NSA)
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
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Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.