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USA & Cuba: A Brief History

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Batista, Castro, and the 1959 Revolution

How Batista's 1952 coup and 1950s corruption set the stage for Castro's insurgency, the limited early role of Cuban communists, US ambivalence, nationalizations, the Bay of Pigs lead-up, and Cuban views of the Missile Crisis.

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