Guantánamo, USA
Subtitle: the untold history of America's Cuban outpost
By: Stephen Irving Max Schwab.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lawrence, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780700616701
Subjects: Navy-yards and naval stations, American -- Cuba -- History; Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba) -- History; United States -- Foreign relations -- Cuba; Cuba -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- History, Naval
Description: Established as America's first foreign naval base following the Spanish-American War, Guantánamo is now more often thought of as our Devil's Island. This book takes readers beyond the orange-jumpsuited detainees of today's headlines to provide the first comprehensive history of Guantánamo from its origins to the present. Occupying 45 square miles of land and sea, Guantánamo has for more than a century symbolized the imperial impulse within U.S. foreign policy, and its occupation is decried by Cuba as a violation of international law--even though a treaty legally grants the U.S. a lease in perpetuity. Stephen Schwab now describes the base's role in American, Caribbean, and global history, explaining how it came to be, why it's still there, and how it continues to serve a variety of purposes.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-356) and index.