HIST 286 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nuclear Warfare, Juan Bosch, Cuban Missile Crisis
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Castro embarked on a true, radical, genuine revolution. Carried out more radical reforms more quickly than almost any other revolutionary in history. Military and economic alliance with united states" sworn enemy, the. Russians didn"t think cuba would act so radically. Russians never imagined confronting americans on their home turf, so to speak. Some believe american hostility to castro forced him into the arms of the. American enemy as a form of self defense. Castro"s first reforms tended to be moderate reforms. When oppositions arose to reforms, castro refused to take a step backward. Didn"t want to be another person who was accused of having sold himself as revolutionary, and then accused of having betrayed ideals. Ideas that you have to do land reform to bring some degree of equity was an idea on the rise in many latin american countries. Many started to look at land reform as essential thing countries need to do to break power of elites.
