05-08-2009, 06:10 PM
Quote:Way too simple. The full answer would take a few volumes, filled with things like Marx, Lenin, trade unions, anarchists, intellectuals, Spanish Civil War, Uncle Joe, McCarthyism, Iron Curtain, etc. It would be, essentially, the history of Europe and North America from the 1880's to about 1990. And that, to a large extent, is why relations with Cuba have not been, and will probably not be, normalized yet. Too many cold warriors still living in 1948.Fair enough, half a century of worldwide policy can't really be summed up in its entirety by one motive. I'll send you the multi-volume reply when I get down to finishing it. For now I'm posting here, so things have to be boiled down a little. :D
-Jester