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Florida and the Mariel Boatlift of 1980: the first twenty days

by Kate Dupes Hawk, Ron Villella, and Adolfo Leyva de Varona, with Kristen Cifers
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E-Book
Publication:
Tuscaloosa, AL : University of Alabama Press, [2014]
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. I Castro's Anti-American Obsession
  • 1. Origins of Castro and the Cuban Revolution
  • 2. Cuba's International Conflicts and Communist Regime
  • 3. Shift in Revolutionary Target and Rapprochement
  • 4. Events That Led to the Mariel Boatlift
  • pt. II First Days
  • 5. Monday, April 21, 1980
  • -The Beginning of the End
  • 6. Tuesday, April 22
  • -Decision Making Adrift
  • 7. Wednesday, April 23
  • -Systems a "Go"
  • 8. Thursday, April 24
  • -White House Complexity and Confusion
  • 9. Friday, April 25
  • -Miami to Mariel
  • 10. Saturday, April 26
  • -And the Boatlift Is On
  • 11. Sunday, April 27
  • -The Hand of God
  • 12. Monday, April 28
  • -The Feds Are Coming, the Feds Are Coming
  • 13. Tuesday, April 29
  • -A Momentary Honeymoon
  • 14. Wednesday, April 30
  • -Agency Games Begin
  • 15. Thursday, May 1
  • -The Sublime and the Ridiculous
  • 16. Friday, May 2
  • -Assessment, Assessment
  • 17. Saturday, May 3
  • -Chaos to Confusion
  • 18. Sunday, May 4
  • -One Potato, Two Potato
  • 19. Monday, May 5
  • -All the Ships at Sea
  • 20. Tuesday, May 6
  • -The Mixed Blessing
  • 21. Wednesday, May 7
  • -Marines, Winn-Dixie, and Bologna
  • 22. Thursday, May 8
  • -The Witching Hour
  • 23. Friday, May 9
  • -Checkmate
  • 24. Saturday, May 10
  • -Yet Another Try
  • 25. May 1980 and Beyond
  • -The End of the First Wave
  • pt. III Mariel
  • -The Legacy
  • 26. Mariel Boatlift's Impacts
  • 27. Indictments, Threats, and Retrospections.
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Author/Creator:
Hawk, Kate Dupes, 1941-
Contributors:
Villella, Ron, 1943-2014
Leyva de Varona, Adolfo
Cifers, Kristen
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
Florida and the Mariel Boatlift of 1980: the first twenty days [by Hawk, K.D.]
Subjects:
Mariel Boatlift, 1980
Cubans — Florida — History — 20th century
Refugees — Florida — History — 20th century
Emergency management — Florida
Disaster relief — Florida
Interagency coordination — United States
United States — Foreign relations — Cuba
Cuba — Foreign relations — United States
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on: Print version record.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Call Numbers:
E184.C97 H385 2014
ISBNs:
0817387684
9780817387686
9780817318376 [Invalid]
0817318372 [Invalid]
OCLC Numbers:
882778600
Other Control Numbers:
806819 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp11933412