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Cuba: Context and Consequences for the American Empire
The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History Pub Date : 2021-06-03 , DOI: 10.1080/03086534.2021.1920807
William A. Morgan 1
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ABSTRACT

Over the course of the twentieth century, the United States left an oversized imprint on the island of Cuba using the successful outcome of the Spanish American War to jump-start its imperial project, exert specific agendas and mandates on an otherwise sovereign nation, and make the island a testing ground for the further expansion of its empire. Yet, despite the sweep of Manifest Destiny and the heavy-handed nature of empire, local on-the-ground conditions in Cuba ensured that a tiny island, a mere 90 miles away from the mainland of America, was able to not only exercise its own autonomy but also a considerable degree of influence across an array of both small and large connections. Despite any inequities in the distribution of power, internal considerations of revolution, race and nationalism dictated the terms of Cuban history in this period and provided the rigid framework within which the United States was forced to operate. Consequently, to understand the causes and outcome of the American Empire it is necessary to place its narrative in a context that allows for a more nuanced dynamic among hegemon and subordinate. This approach calls for an examination of specific interactions occurring in distinct local conditions that maintained their own imperatives and prerogatives.



中文翻译:

古巴:美利坚帝国的背景和后果

摘要

在 20 世纪的过程中,美国利用美西战争的成功结果在古巴岛上留下了巨大的印记,以启动其帝国项目,对一个原本拥有主权的国家施加特定的议程和任务,并制定该岛是其帝国进一步扩张的试验场。然而,尽管天命横扫和帝国的强硬性质,古巴当地的实地条件确保了一个距离美国大陆仅 90 英里的小岛,不仅能够行使自己的自主权,但在一系列大小关系中也有相当程度的影响。尽管权力分配有任何不公平,革命的内部考虑,种族和民族主义决定了这一时期古巴历史的条件,并提供了美国被迫在其中运作的严格框架。因此,要了解美利坚帝国的起因和结果,有必要将其叙事置于允许霸权和从属之间存在更细微动态的背景中。这种方法要求检查在不同地方条件下发生的特定相互作用,这些相互作用保持了它们自己的命令和特权。

更新日期:2021-06-03
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