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Title 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.
Author Hawk, Kate Dupes, 1941-
Publication Info. Tuscaloosa, AL : The University of Alabama Press, [2014]
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  975.9 HAW    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  FLORIDA 975.9 HAW    Lib Use Only
Description xiv, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-315) and index.
Contents Part 1 Casto's Anti-American Obsession -- 1 The Origins of Castro and the Cuban Revolution 3 -- 2 Cuba's International Conflicts and Communist Regime 9 -- 3 A Shift in Revolutionary Target and Rapprochement 19 -- 4 The Events That Led to the Mariel Boatlift 29 -- Part II The First Days -- 5 Monday, April 21, 1980-The Beginning of the End 49 -- 6 Tuesday, April 22-Decision Making Adrift 53 -- 7 Wednesday, April 23-Systems a "Go" 55 -- 8 Thursday, April 24-White House Complexity and Confusion 61 -- 9 Friday, April 25-Miami to Mariel 67 -- 10 Saturday, April 26-And the Boatlift Is On 71 -- 11 Sunday, April 27-The Hand of God 77 -- 12 Monday, April 28-The Feds Are Coming, the Feds Are Coming 89 -- 13 Tuesday, April 29-A Momentary Honeymoon 103 -- 14 Wednesday, April 30-Agency Games Begin 113 -- 15 Thursday, May 1-The Sublime and the Ridiculous 125 -- 16 Friday, May 2-Assessment, Assessment 151 -- 17 Saturday, May 3-Chaos to Confusion 167 -- 18 Sunday, May 4-One Potato, Two Potato 179 -- 19 Monday, May 5-All the Ships at Sea 185 -- 20 Tuesday, May 6-The Mixed Blessing 197 -- 21 Wednesday, May 7-Marines, Winn-Dixie, and Bologna 209 -- 22 Thursday, May 8-The Witching Hour 217 -- 23 Friday, May 9-Checkmate 221 -- 24 Saturday, May 10-Yet Another Try 225 -- 25 May 1980 and Beyond-The End of the First Wave 227 -- Part III Mariel-The Legacy -- 26 The Mariel Boatlift's Impacts 233 -- 27 Indictments, Threats, and Retrospections 247.
Subject 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.
1900 - 1999
Added Author Villella, Ron, 1943-2014.
Leyva de Varona, Adolfo.
Cifers, Kristen.
ISBN 9780817318376 (cloth : alk. paper) : $34.95
0817318372 (cloth : alk. paper)
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