The economic war against Cuba : a historical and legal perspective on the U.S. blockade / by Salim Lamrani ; prologue by Wayne S. Smith ; foreword by Paul Estrade ; translated by Larry Oberg.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publication details: New York, NY : Monthly Review Press, [2013]Description: 142 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781583673409
  • 1583673407
  • 1583673415
Uniform titles:
  • Estado de Sitio. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.1/17 23
LOC classification:
  • KF 4678 .L36 2013
Contents:
1. Fidel Castro and the triumph of the Cuban revolution -- 2. Economic sanctions from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Barack Obama -- 3. The impact of the economic sanctions on health care -- 4. United States justice contends with the economic sanctions -- 5. Extraterritorial applications of the economic sanctions -- 6. The U.S. Government Accountability Office report -- 7. The opposition of American society to the economic sanctions -- 8. Attempted genocide?
Summary: "In this concise and sober account, Salim Lamrani explains everything you need to know about U.S. economic sanctions against Cuba: their origins, their provisions, how they contravene international law, and how they affect the lives of Cubans. He examines the U.S. government's own official documents to expose what is hiding in plain site an indefensible, vicious, and wasteful blockade that has been roundly condemned by citizens around the world. "Salim Lamrani is professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Paris-Sorbonne ...." - from the back cover
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [115]-120) and index.

1. Fidel Castro and the triumph of the Cuban revolution -- 2. Economic sanctions from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Barack Obama -- 3. The impact of the economic sanctions on health care -- 4. United States justice contends with the economic sanctions -- 5. Extraterritorial applications of the economic sanctions -- 6. The U.S. Government Accountability Office report -- 7. The opposition of American society to the economic sanctions -- 8. Attempted genocide?

"In this concise and sober account, Salim Lamrani explains everything you need to know about U.S. economic sanctions against Cuba: their origins, their provisions, how they contravene international law, and how they affect the lives of Cubans. He examines the U.S. government's own official documents to expose what is hiding in plain site an indefensible, vicious, and wasteful blockade that has been roundly condemned by citizens around the world.
"Salim Lamrani is professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Paris-Sorbonne ...."
- from the back cover

Gift of Karen Wald.

English translated from Spanish

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