Add to ORKGThe Revolutionary Armed forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias—FAR) have traditionally been the most powerful official institution in Cuba and the central pillar sustaining the communist regime. Beginning with the stunning victory against an American sponsored exile invasion at the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban military became one of the best and most experienced fighting forces of any small nation. This report examines how traditional FAR culture has been characterized by exalted status, confidence, high morale, strict discipline, belief in the leadership of the Castro brothers, and an assertive nationalism antagonistic towards the United States. However, today, it is about a tenth of its previous maximum strength and faces an uncertain future.h...
Andrew Hakes is a history major. His area of interest within history is Latin America, specifically ...
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The United States, particularly the Army, has a long history of involvement with Cuba. It has includ...
This thesis received 2nd place at the 2011 OSU-Lima Undergraduate Research ForumMy research is a con...
Cuba\u27s location has determined the island\u27s political, social, and economic history. No other ...
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The paper is divided into four major parts: Historical Context; International Human Rights Law; U.S....
The goal of this thesis is to explain Cuba’s ability to maintain its autonomy against a large state ...
The Venezuelan Armed Forces, known today as the Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (National Bolivar...
Following the 1959 victory of the Cuban revolution, the United States government along with the CIA ...
Cuba, a country with eleven million people, played a significant military and development role from ...
Lillian Guerra draws on her years of research in newly opened archives and on personal interviews to...
Andrew Hakes is a history major. His area of interest within history is Latin America, specifically ...
Approaching Guantanamo Bay as a key discursive site in a global network of U.S. imperial power, this...
Based on original interviews and rare archival sources, the central thread of this article is the or...
The Honduran Armed Forces have been closely linked to the political system since the state’s indepen...
Part of the JGI/LACC/ARC/U.S. Southern Command Policy Roundtable Series, this commissioned paper dis...
The United States, particularly the Army, has a long history of involvement with Cuba. It has includ...
This thesis received 2nd place at the 2011 OSU-Lima Undergraduate Research ForumMy research is a con...
Cuba\u27s location has determined the island\u27s political, social, and economic history. No other ...
In the years that immediately followed the victory of the rebel forces in 1959, the new leaders of t...
The paper is divided into four major parts: Historical Context; International Human Rights Law; U.S....
The goal of this thesis is to explain Cuba’s ability to maintain its autonomy against a large state ...
The Venezuelan Armed Forces, known today as the Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (National Bolivar...
Following the 1959 victory of the Cuban revolution, the United States government along with the CIA ...
Cuba, a country with eleven million people, played a significant military and development role from ...
Lillian Guerra draws on her years of research in newly opened archives and on personal interviews to...
Andrew Hakes is a history major. His area of interest within history is Latin America, specifically ...
Approaching Guantanamo Bay as a key discursive site in a global network of U.S. imperial power, this...
Based on original interviews and rare archival sources, the central thread of this article is the or...