02452cgm a22004573i 4500 22859381 20250607115847.1 cr ||a|||||||| 220930s2012 dcu||| | fo vleng 22859381 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg 2021688889 5571 DLC eng DLC The Impact of the Cold War on US-Cuban Economic Relations, 1946-1952. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2012-05-17. 1 online resource two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Classification: Agriculture. Classification: History: America. Classification: Political Science. Classification: Social Sciences. Vanni Pettina. Recorded on 2012-05-17. Historiography on U.S.-Cuban relations has tended to cast an aura of inevitability on Fidel Castro-s Revolution--as well as on Cuba's clash with the United States after 1959. Indeed, much of the historiography suggests that it was Washington's hegemonic approach to Cuba that was responsible for creating the structural disequilibrium that made revolution and the rupture of bilateral relationships inevitable. In this talk, Vanni Pettina argues against this view, maintaining that the US-Cuban relationship during the 1930s and '40s was marked by a reciprocal cooperative attitude that favored the island's democratic consolidation and economic development. The tremendous impact of the Cold War on US-Cuban relations played a crucial role in destroying the equilibrium of earlier decades, destabilizing the island's political system, and creating fertile ground for the crisis of the 1950s. Researchers. Teachers. Biography, History. Government, World Affairs. Cuba, Cold War, economics, Vanni Pettina. Culture, Folklife. Government, Law. Technology, Industry. Library of Congress. John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body. Event video gdcwebcasts 120517klu1200 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcwebcasts.120517klu1200 gdc/webcasts kluge s-Online Electronic Resource