The United States, Cuba, and Castro: An Essay on the Dynamics of Revolution and the Dissolution of Empire
by Williams, William Appleman
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book VG: mild wear to boards and spine, toning and offset to endpapers, foxing to edge of text block, text clean, binding tight./DJ VG: age toning/spots to cover, mild corner wear, NOT clipped ($3.25)
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: Monthly Review Press, 1962. first edition. hardcover. Book VG: mild wear to boards and spine, toning and offset to endpapers, foxing to edge of text block, text clean, binding tight./DJ VG: age toning/spots to cover, mild corner wear, NOT clipped ($3.25). 12mo 179pp. from front flap: "The Cuban Crisis symbolizes the general weakness and failure of American foreign policy in the 20th Century. The United States had two generations in which to transform the island into a showplace of economic prosperity, and of political and social democracy. Yet it did. not do so. Why? This book sets the record straight on who intervened first in the Cuban Revolution, and what the results of that intervention have been." #01445.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1381
- Title
- The United States, Cuba, and Castro
- Author
- Williams, William Appleman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG: mild wear to boards and spine, toning and offset to endpapers, foxing to edge of text block, text clean, binding tight.
- Jacket Condition
- DJ VG: age toning/spots to cover, mild corner wear, NOT clipped ($3.25)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Monthly Review Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- politics, diplomacy, cuba, castro, nonfiction, first edition
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Matthew's Books LLC
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About Matthew's Books LLC
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Text Block
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.