Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Genesis of the Cuban Army (I)
2. Genesis of the Cuban Army (II), 1906–1909
3. National Politics and the Cuban Army, 1909–1924
4. The United States and the Cuban Army, 1909–1924
5. Sources of Army Preeminence: The Machadato, 1925–1933
6. The Politics of Army Interventions, 1933
7. Diplomacy, Army Politics, and the Collapse of the Cuban Officer Corps
8. The Diplomatic Imperative and the Rise of Fulgencio Batista
9. Consolidation of Army Hegemony, 1934–1940
10. The Civilian Interregnum, 1940–1952
11. The Restoration of Army Preeminence, 1952–1953
12. Patterns of Resistance: The Armed Forces and Opposition, 1953–1958
13. The Final Confrontation: The Eclipse of the Marcista Order, 1958–1959
14. The Cuban Army, 1898–1958: In Retrospect
Notes
Bibliography
Index