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Army politics in Cuba, 1898-1958 (Pitt Latin American series)

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From the dustjacket: "Cuba entered nationahood without an army; within a little more than three decades, the military institution exercised unchallenged national authority; thirty years later, the military collapsed. This first English language account of the military in Cuba offers groundbreaking research on the origins and development of the Cuban armed forces."

Table of Contents

Genesis of the Cuban Army
National Politics and the Cuban Army, 1909-1924
The United States and the Cuban Army

Sources of Army Preeminence: The Machadato
The Politics of Army Interventions, 1933
Diplomacy, Army Politics, and the Collapse of the Cuban Officer Corps

The Diplomatic Imperative and the Rise of Fulgencio Batitista
Army Hegemony 1934-1940
The Civilian Interregnum 1940-1952
The Restoration of Army Preeminence

Patterns of Resistance: The Armed Forces and Opposition 19523-1958
The Final Confrontation: The Eclipse of the Marcista Order 1958-1959

In Retrospect

Notes, pp. 177-210
Bibliography, pp 211-234
Index

Hardback with dustcover, 240 pp, red cloth with gold details over hardback boards.