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Cold War comes to Ybor City: Tampa Bay's chapter of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee

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Date Issued:
2002
Summary:
Fidel Castro's revolution had support from groups in the United States that saw the dictator in a different light than did the anti-communists who opposed him. The most prominent of these groups was the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, which tried to mend the break in US-Cuban diplomatic relations. The very active Tampa chapter existed in a city with a large Cuban-American and emigre population. It also existed in a Cold War environment, and was viewed similarly to other chapters by government anti-subversives. This organization ceased operations after one of its members was accused of assassinating President Kennedy. The assassination determined its legacy for decades to come. When government records on the Fair Play for Cuba Committee were declassified, the group could again be put into the perspective of the Cold War and Cuba.
Title: The Cold War comes to Ybor City: Tampa Bay's chapter of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.
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Name(s): DeBenedictis, Frank Steven.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Marina, William, Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2002
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 156 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Fidel Castro's revolution had support from groups in the United States that saw the dictator in a different light than did the anti-communists who opposed him. The most prominent of these groups was the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, which tried to mend the break in US-Cuban diplomatic relations. The very active Tampa chapter existed in a city with a large Cuban-American and emigre population. It also existed in a Cold War environment, and was viewed similarly to other chapters by government anti-subversives. This organization ceased operations after one of its members was accused of assassinating President Kennedy. The assassination determined its legacy for decades to come. When government records on the Fair Play for Cuba Committee were declassified, the group could again be put into the perspective of the Cold War and Cuba.
Identifier: 9780493912981 (isbn), 12943 (digitool), FADT12943 (IID), fau:9815 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2002.
Subject(s): Fair Play for Cuba Committee--Tampa Chapter
Cuban Americans--Florida--Tampa--Societies, etc
Cold War
United States--Relations--Cuba
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