Vietnam and America: A Documented History

No single event since World War II has marked this country’s foreign policy and national image as deeply as did the war in Vietnam. Vietnam and America is a complete history of the war, as documented in essays by leading experts and in original source material. With generous selections from the documentary records, the book dispels distortions and illuminates in depth the many facets of the war, from Vietnam’s history before the war, to Washington’s insider policy making, to troop perspectives, to the impact back on the home front. In essays introducing each major stage of the war, the editors elucidate the issues, foreign policy choices, and consequences of U.S. involvement. Substantial headnotes put each document in historical perspective. This comprehensive anthology is an invaluable reference for anyone who wants to understand the Vietnam War.

Vietnam and America: A documented history

History

Franklin, Jane

Gettleman, Marvin

Young, Marilyn & Franklin, W. Bruce(Editors)

Asia

Grove Press, Inc.

The New Politics of Home and Care explores the implications of recent economic and welfare crises on both everyday lives and public policy. With an innovative focus to their research, the book dives into debates about social policy and welfare at times of crisis, with a particular focus on the United Kingdom. The authors take interdisciplinary cues from human geography, social policy, feminist economics and political theory to address crucial contemporary topics such as austerity, economic restructuring, worsening inequality and resulting issues of resources, rationing and affordability across key areas.

The New Politics of Home: Housing, Gender and Care in Times of Crisis

Politics & Social Sciences

Jupp, Eleanor

Bowlby, Sophie

Hall, Sarah Marie

Social Sciences

Policy Press

Cuba and the U.S. Empire: A Chronological History

The 1959 Cuban Revolution remains one of the signal events of modern political history. A tiny island, once a de facto colony of the United States, declared its independence, not just from the imperial behemoth ninety miles to the north, but also from global capitalism itself. Cuba’s many achievements – in education, health care, medical technology, direct local democracy, actions of international solidarity with the oppressed – are globally unmatched and unprecedented. And the United States, in light of Cuba’s achievements, has waged a relentless campaign of terrorist attacks on the island and its leaders, while placing Cuba on its “State Sponsors of Terrorism” list. 
 In this updated edition of her classic, Cuba and the United States: A Chronological History, Jane Franklin depicts the two countries’ relationship from the time both were colonies to the present. We see the early connections between Cuba and the United States through slavery; through the sugar trade; then Cuba’s multiple wars for national liberation; the annexation of Cuba by the United States; the infamous Platt Amendment that entitled the United States to intervene directly in Cuban affairs; the gangster capitalism promoted by Cuban dictator Fulgencio Battista; and the guerilla war that brought the revolutionaries to power. 
 A new chapter updating the fraught Cuban-U.S. nexus brings us well into the 21st century, with a look at the current status of Assata Shakur, the Cuban Five, and the post-9/11 years leading to the expansion of diplomatic relations. Offering a range of primary and secondary sources, the book is an outstanding scholarly work. Cuba and the United States brings new meaning to Simón Bolívar’s warning in 1829, that the United States “appears destined by Providence to plague America with miseries in the name of Freedom.”

Americas

Monthly Review+press

The 1959 Cuban Revolution remains one of the signal events of modern political history. A tiny island, once a de facto colony of the United States, declared its independence, not just from the imperial behemoth ninety miles to the north, but also from global capitalism itself. Cuba’s many achievements – in education, health care, medical technology, direct local democracy, actions of international solidarity with the oppressed – are globally unmatched and unprecedented. And the United States, in light of Cuba’s achievements, has waged a relentless campaign of terrorist attacks on the island and its leaders, while placing Cuba on its “State Sponsors of Terrorism” list. In this updated edition of her classic, Cuba and the United States: A Chronological History, Jane Franklin depicts the two countries’ relationship from the time both were colonies to the present. We see the early connections between Cuba and the United States through slavery; through the sugar trade; then Cuba’s multiple wars for national liberation; the annexation of Cuba by the United States; the infamous Platt Amendment that entitled the United States to intervene directly in Cuban affairs; the gangster capitalism promoted by Cuban dictator Fulgencio Battista; and the guerilla war that brought the revolutionaries to power. A new chapter updating the fraught Cuban-U.S. nexus brings us well into the 21st century, with a look at the current status of Assata Shakur, the Cuban Five, and the post-9/11 years leading to the expansion of diplomatic relations. Offering a range of primary and secondary sources, the book is an outstanding scholarly work. Cuba and the United States brings new meaning to Simón Bolívar’s warning in 1829, that the United States “appears destined by Providence to plague America with miseries in the name of Freedom.”

An invaluable resource for scholas, teachers, journalists, legislators, and anyone interested in international relations, this softcover book offers an unprecedented vvision of Cuban-US relations.

Cuban Revolution and the United States: A Chronological History

Ocean Press

The Cuban Revolution and the United States: A Chronological History

Politics & Government

Ocean Pr

A chronological history of the relationship between the US and Cuba from the revolution in 1959 through 1995 offering a diary of historical events underscoring the tempestuous dealings between the two countries. Independent historian Franklin gives a day by day, year by year, and blow by blow account of the major crises as well as the minor and secret episodes precipitating them, CIA involvement, Soviet influences, invasions, exiles, and political policies. Includes an essay introduction to pre-Castro Cuban history. Lacks a bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Cuba and the United States: A Chronological History (new ed 1996)

The Puppet Master

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Independently published

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