Additional Readings and Resources. Included in Course Outline. 1. Class Attendance 10%

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1 Course Title: Cuban- U.S. Relations: Past and Present Course Code: UHAV POCU 350 Subject: Political Science, History, International Relations, Sociology Credits: 4 Semester/Term: Semester J- Term Summer Course Description: Course Requirements: This course gives a panorama of the evolution of bilateral relations between Cuba and the United States from colonial times until the present. It builds comprehension of the principal stages of the conflicts and their fundamental characteristics from 1959 until the present. Required Text Sánchez- Parodi, Ramón. Cuba- USA: Diez tiempos de una relación. Ocean Press ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Additional Readings and Resources Included in Course Outline. Assignments Course Requirements Percentages 1. Class Attendance 10% 2. Oral Participation 20% 3. Short Essays (2) 30% 4. Final Essay and Oral Presentation 40% Total 100% Short Essays: Assigned questions and/or short 3-5 page essays ( words) based on themes assigned by the instructor and that relate to the course Required Reading. Final Project: An oral presentation in front of the group and instructors of the essay on a topic chosen by the student. Oral Participation: Students are expected to participate actively in discussion groups about the assigned lectures each week. Every student will act as a group discussion leader at certain times. Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 1

2 On completion of the course, students should be able to: Learning Outcomes and/or Expected Student Competencies and Assessment Measures: Learning Outcomes Describe, discuss, and analyze U.S.- Cuban relations from colonial times to the present. Assess the main elements toward understanding the new phase of the historical conflict between the two countries Compare and contrast U.S.- Cuban relations prior to and after the Cuban Revolution in Course Requirement that will be used to assess the student s achievement of this outcome Class attendance Group discussions Final essay Class attendance Group discussions Short essays Group discussions Short essays Final essay Course Outline: Session Topic Session 1 From pre- colonial Cuba to the Spanish conquest: a necessary introduction. Required Readings: Fewkes, J. Walker, Prehistoric Culture of Cuba, American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 6, No. 5 (Oct.- Dec., 1904), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Hanke, Lewis, Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Spanish Empire in America: Four Centuries of Misunderstanding, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 97, No. 1 (Feb. 14, 1953), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: X; Cost: To Be Session 2 Nodal, Robert, The Black Man in Cuban Society: From Colonial Times to the Revolution, Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 16, No. 3 (March 1986), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be 19 th century Cuba and the geopolitical thoughts of the founding fathers in the expansionist scheme and US hegemony. The path towards national independence: Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 2

3 political and social tendencies. Sánchez- Parodi Ramón, Cuba USA, Diez tiempos de una relación, Ocean Press Chapter 1. pp ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Alzugaray, Carlos, Raíces Históricas de la política de Estados Unidos hacia Cuba. Chapter 1, Crónica de un Fracaso Imperial (Also Available on CD). Guerra, Ramiro. The territorial expansion of the United States at the expense of Spain and the Hispanic- American countries / Ramiro Guerra Y Sánchez ; translation and commentary by Fernando E. Pérez Peña. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Sidney Webster, Mr. Marcy, the Cuban Question and the Ostend Manifesto, Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 1(Mar., 1893), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: X; Cost: To Be The Thomas Jefferson Papers. Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe Correspondence, Transcribed and Edited by Gerard W. Gawalt, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress: Letters of June 23, 1823 and October 24, 1823 (Also Available on CD). Urban, C. Stanley, The Africanization of Cuba Scare ( ), The Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Feb., 1957), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Whittlesey, D. S., Geographic Factors in the Relations of the United States and Cuba, Geographical Review, Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 3

4 Session 3 Vol. 12, No. 2 (Apr., 1922), (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Cuban nationalism and the Cuban wars of independence. Sánchez- Parodi Ramón, Cuba USA, Diez tiempos de una relación, Ocean Press Chapter 1. pp ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Martí, José, Truth about the United States, Holden, Robert H. and Eric Zolov. Latin America and the United States: a documentary history / New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, Documents No. 21 (Also Available on CD). ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Platform of the Cuban Revolutionary Party, January 1892 (Also Available on CD). Perez, Louis A., Between Baseball and Bullfighting: The Quest for Nationality in Cuba, , The Journal of American History, Vol. 81, No. 2 (Sept., 1994), (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Session 4 Toward Dependency and Revolution: The Political Economy of Cuba between Wars, , Latin American Research Review, vol. 18, No. 1 (1983), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Cuban independence and the U.S. military intervention in the Spanish- Cuban- North American war. The implementation of the neocolonial model. Sánchez- Parodi Ramón, Cuba USA, Diez tiempos de Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 4

5 una relación, Ocean Press Chapter 1. pp , pp ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Castro, Fidel, The Empire and the Independent Island, (Also Available on CD). Committeemen Ready for Reciprocity Compromise, The New York Times, Feb. 5, 1902, (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Editorial Comment, The Origin and Purpose of the Platt Amendment, The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jul., 1914), pp (Electronically available in CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Hitchman, J. H., The American Touch in Imperial Administration: Leonard Wood in Cuba, , The Americas, Vol. 24, No. 4. (Apr. 1968), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Paterson, Thomas G., U.S. Intervention in Cuba, 1898, (Also Available on CD). ISSN: X; Cost: To Be Platt, Orville H. The Platt Amendment," in Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America, , Vol. 8, ed. C.I. Bevans (Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1971), Randolph, Carman F., The Joint Resolution of Congress Respecting Relations between the United States and Cuba, Columbia Law Review, Vol. 1, No. 6. (Jun. 1901), (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 5

6 Session 5 The Origin and Purpose of the Platt Amendment, The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 8, No. 3. (Jul., 1914), (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be The Platt Amendment Republic ( ): military interventions, economic dependence, and political subordination. The 1933 revolution and the Good Neighbor policy. Sánchez- Parodi Ramón, Cuba USA, Diez tiempos de una relación, Ocean Press Chapter2. pp ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Muñoz Gutiérrez, Ricardo y Elda E. Cento Gómez: La Emienda Platt y las relaciones cubano- norteamericanas en el siglo XX. Palabras contra la Enmienda Platt, Cuadernos Cubanos de Historia, Editora Política, La Habana, Cuba, 2007, pp (Also Available on CD). Alan McPherson, Dollars Diplomacy and the Missing Link, (Also Available on CD). Allan R. Millet, The General Staff and the Cuban Intervention of 1906, Military Affairs, Vol. 31, No. 3. (Autumn 1967) (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Benjamin, Jules R., The Machadato and Cuban Nationalism, , The Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 55, No. 1. (Feb., 1975), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Deere, Carmen Diana, Here come the Yankees! The Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 6

7 rise and decline of United States colonies in Cuba, , The Hispanic American Historical Review. Durham: Nov 1998.Vol. 78, Issue 4; pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Dye, Alan and Richard Sicotte, U.S.- Cuba Trade Cooperation and Its Unraveling, Business and Economic History, Vol. 28, No. 2. (Winter, 1999), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: The Nature of the Government in Cuba, The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 1, No. 1. (Jan.- Apr. 1907), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Session6 The Republic: Good Neighbor diplomacy: the revolutionary situation in Cuba and the US political intervention. Sánchez- Parodi Ramón, Cuba USA, Diez tiempos de una relación, Ocean Press Chapter 2. pp ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Benjamin, Jules R., The Machadato and Cuban Nationalism, , The Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 55, No. 1 (February 1975), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be The New Deal, Cuba, and the Rise of a Global Foreign Economic Policy, The Business History Review, Vol. 51, No. 1, (Spring, 1977) pp (Also Available on CD).ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Brown, F. H., Problem of the New Cuba, Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 7

8 International Affairs, Vol. 14, No. 5 (Sept.- Oct., 1935), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Cavin, J.P., Sugar A Case Study of Government Control, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 32, No. 200 (Dec., 1937) pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: X; Cost: To Be Gellman, Irwin F. Roosevelt and Batista: Good Neighbor Diplomacy in Cuba, /Irvin F. Gellman Chapters: 8 and 9 (Also Available on CD). Woolsey, Lester H., The New Cuban Treaty, The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul., 1934), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be 1940 Constitution, 64 pgs (Also Available on CD). Rennack, Dianne E. & Mark P. Sullivan, U.S.- Cuban Relations: An Analytic Compendium of U.S. Policies, Laws & Regulations, Section V, March 2005, pp (disponible en versión digital. Session 7 Session8 Sims, Harold D., Cuban Labor and the Communist Party, : An Interpretation, Cuban Studies, 15:1 (Winter, 1985), ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Students work on the first essay in the library. The origins of the Cuban revolution: The Batista dictatorship and its ties with the United States. Alzugaray, Carlos: Crónica de un Fracaso Imperial, Capitulo III, La Administración Eisenhower y la dictadura de Batista (Also Available on CD). Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 8

9 Sánchez- Parodi Ramón, Cuba USA, Diez tiempos de una relación, Ocean Press Chapter 2. pp ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Quiza Moreno, Ricardo, Cuba: cultura y dictadura ( ), Cuadernos Cubanos de Historia, Editora Política, La Habana, Cuba, 2007, pp (Also Available on CD). Matthews, Herbert L., Cuban Rebel is Visited in Hideout, The New York Times, February 24, 1957, p. 1 (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Morris H. Morley, The Imperial State in Cuba, : Policymaking and Capitalist Interests, Journal of Latin American Studies XIV. (May, 1982), (Also Available on CD). ISSN: X; Cost: To Be Suárez, Andrés, The Cuban Revolution: The Road to Power, Latin American Research Review. VII (Fall, 1972), 5-29 (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Session9 Watch and discuss the documentary El Mégano (1955). Session10 The triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 and the United States s response: origins of the embargo. Sánchez- Parodi, Ramón, Cuba USA, Diez tiempos de una relación, Ocean Press Chapter 2. pp ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 9

10 Castro, Fidel, The Problem of Cuba and Its Revolutionary Policy, Speech to the U.N. General Assembly, September 26, 1960, (Also Available on CD). Farber, Samuel, The Cuban Communists in the Early Stages of the Cuban Revolution: Revolutionaries or Reformists?, Latin American Research Review, Vol.18, No.1. (1998), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Louis A. Pérez, Jr., Fear and Loathing of Fidel Castro: Sources of US Policy Toward Cuba, Journal of Latin American Studies, No.34, 2002, pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: X; Cost: To Be Morris H. Morley, The United States and the Global Economic Blockade of Cuba: A Study in Political Pressures on America Allies, Canadian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 17, No.1. ) Mar., 1984), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be O Connor, James, On Cuban Political Economy, Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 79, No. 2. (Jun., 1964), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: X; Cost: To Be Rennack, Dianne E. & Mark P. Sullivan, U.S.- Cuban Relations: An Analytic Compendium of U.S. Policies, Laws & Regulations, Section II, March 2005, pp , p Session 11 Zakarin, Bradley, La nostalgia neoplattista y el distanciamiento entre Cuba y los Estados Unidos, , Cuadernos Cubanos de Historia, Editora Política, La Habana, Cuba, 2007, pp (Also Available on CD). Watch and discuss the movie Memorial del Subdesarrollo. Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 10

11 Session 12 Session 13 Students work on the second essay in the library. The revolution: Bay of Pigs invasion (Playa Girón). Socialist Cuba in the context of the Cold War. Sánchez- Parodi Ramón, Cuba USA, Diez tiempos de una relación, Ocean Press Chapter 4. pp ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Gleijeses, Piero, Ships in the Night: The CIA, The White House and the Bay of Pigs, Journal of Latin American Studies, Vol. 27, No. 1. (Feb., 1995), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: X; Cost: To Be Husain, Aiyaz, Covert Action and US Cold War Strategy in Cuba, , Cold War History, Vol. 5, No. 1, February 2005, pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be McGeorge Bundy; James Blight, October 27, 1962: Transcripts of the Meetings of the ExComm, International Security, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Winter, ), pp (Also Available on CD).ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Operation Northwood: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense, Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba, 13 March 1962, (Also Available on CD). Pérez, Louis A, Jr. Cuba: Between Reform and Revolution. Louis A. Pérez, Jr Chapter: 11 (Also Available on CD). ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 11

12 Session 14 Socialist Cuba in the context of the Cold War: the Cuban Missile Crisis. Sánchez- Parodi Ramón, Cuba USA, Diez tiempos de una relación, Ocean Press Chapter 4. pp ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Brenner, Philip, Cuba and the Missile Crisis, Journal of Latin American Studies, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Feb., 1990), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: X; Cost: To Be Husain, Aiyaz, Covert Action and US Cold War Strategy in Cuba, , Cold War History Vol. 5, No. 1, February 2005, pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be McGeorge Bundy; James Blight, October 27, 1962: Transcripts of the Meetings of the ExComm, International Security, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Winter, ), pp (Also Available on CD).ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Operation Northwood: Joint Chiefs of Staff, Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense, Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba, 13 March 1962, (Also Available on CD). Session 15 Session 16 Pérez, Louis A, Jr. Cuba: Between Reform and Revolution. Louis A. Pérez, Jr Chapter: 11 (Also Available on CD). ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Excursion to Playa Girón (Bay of Pigs). Watch and discuss the documentary 638 ways to kill Castro (78 minutes). Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 12

13 Session 17 Foreign politics of the revolution and the conflict with the United States: Ramón Sánchez- Parodi, Cuba- USA: Diez Tiempos de una Relación, Ocean Press, 2010, pp ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Aguirre, B.E., The Conventionalization of Collective Behavior in Cuba, The American Journal of Sociology, Vo. 90, N0.3. (Nov., 1984), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be LeoGrande, William, Party Development in Revolutionary Cuba, Journal of Latin American Studies and World Affairs, Vo. 21, No. 4. (Nov., 1979), pp (Also Available on CD).ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Rennack, Dianne E. & Mark P. Sullivan, U.S.- Cuban Relations: An Analytic Compendium of U.S. Policies, Laws & Regulations, Section III, March 2005, pp Session 18 Valdés, Juan, "Notas sobre el sistema político cubano." In Haroldo Dilla, ed La Democracia en Cuba y el Diferendo con los Estados Unidos. Havana, Cuba: Centro de Estudios sobre América (CEA), (Also Available on CD). US- Cuban relations during Reagan. Ramón Sánchez- Parodi, Cuba- USA: Diez Tiempos de una Relación, Ocean Press, 2010, pp ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 13

14 Bain, Mervyn J., Cuba Soviet Relations in the Gorbachev Era, Journal of Latin American Studies, 37 (2005), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: X Craven, David, The State of Cultural Democracy in Cuba and Nicaragua During the 1980s, Latin American Perspectives, Issue 66, Vol. 17, No. 3, Summer 1990, pp (Also Available on CD).ISSN: X; Cost: To Be Hamilton, Douglas, Whither Cuban Socialism? The Changing Political Economy of the Cuban Revolution, Latin American Perspectives, Issue 124, Vol.29 No.3, May (Also Available on CD).ISSN: X; Cost: To Be Prevost, Gary, Cuba and Nicaragua: A Special Relationship? Latin American Perspectives, Vol. 17, No.3, The Sandinista Legacy: The Construction of Democracy. (Summer, 1990), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: X; Cost: To Be Session 19 Rennack, Dianne E. & Mark P. Sullivan, U.S.- Cuban Relations: An Analytic Compendium of U.S. Policies, Laws & Regulations, Section I and VI, March 2005, p. 293, pp (Also Available on CD). The new Cold War. US- Cuban relations during Bush Sr : The Cuban Democracy Act (Torriceli Act). Required Readings: Ramón Sánchez- Parodi, Cuba- USA: Diez Tiempos de una Relación, Ocean Press, 2010, pp ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Fernández Retamar, Roberto, The Enormity of Cuba, Boundary 2, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Autumn, 1996), pp.165- Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 14

15 190 (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Gott, Richard, Cuba: A New History. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004, Chapter 8, pp (Also Available on CD).ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Peters, Philip. A Policy toward Cuba that Serves U.S. Interests. Policy Analysis, No November 2, Session 20 Rennack, Dianne E. & Mark P. Sullivan, U.S.- Cuban Relations: An Analytic Compendium of U.S. Policies, Laws & Regulations, Section IV, March 2005, p. 321 (Also Available on CD). Clinton and his Cuban foreign policy. The LIBERTAD Act (The Helms- Burton Act). Ramón Sánchez- Parodi, Cuba- USA: Diez Tiempos de una Relación, Ocean Press, 2010, pp ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Burchardt, Hans- Jurgen, Contours of the Future: The New Social Dynamics in Cuba, Latin American Perspectives, Vol. 29.No. 3, The Cuban Revolution Confronts the Future, Part 1. (May, 2002), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: X; Cost: To Be Leogrande, William, Enemies Evermore: US Policy towards Cuba after Helm- Burton, Journal of Latin American Studies, Vo. 29, No.1 (Feb., 1997), pp (Also Available on CD). ISSN: X; Cost: To Be Peters, Philip: A policy toward Cuba that Serves U.S. interests, Policy Analysis, No. 384, Lexington Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 15

16 Institute, 2000, (Also Available on CD). Rennack, Dianne E. & Mark P. Sullivan, U.S.- Cuban Relations: An Analytic Compendium of U.S. Policies, Laws & Regulations, Section IV and VII, March 2005, pp , (Also Available on CD). Schoultz, Lars, Blessings of Liberty: The United States and the Promotion of Democracy in Cuba, Journal of Latin American Studies, No. 34, 2002, pp (Also Available on CD).ISSN: X; Cost: To Be Vanderbush, Walt; Patrick J Haney, Clinton, Congress, and Cuba policy Between Two Codifications: The Changing Executive- Legislative Relationship in Foreign Policy Making. Congress & the Presidency; Autumn 2002; Vol. 29, No. 2; pp (Also Available on CD). Session 21 Watch and discuss the documentary Comandante (95 minutes). Session 22 US- Cuban relations after 9/11: George W. Bush and his Cuban foreign policy. Ramón Sánchez- Parodi, Cuba- USA: Diez Tiempos de una Relación, Ocean Press, 2010, pp ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba. Report to the President, May 2004 (Also Available on CD). Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba. Report to the President, June 2006 (Also Available on CD). Landau, Anya K. and Wayne S. Smith, Cuba on the terrorist list: In defense of the nation or domestic political calculation? International Policy Report Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 16

17 (November, 2002). International Policy Center (Also Available on CD). Landau, Saul, U.S. Media Images of Postrevolutionary Cuba Shaped by Government Policy and Commercial Grammar LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES, Issue 150, Vol. 33 No. 5, September (Also Available on CD). ISSN: X; Cost: To Be Rennack, Dianne E. & Mark P. Sullivan, U.S.- Cuban Relations: An Analytic Compendium of U.S. Policies, Laws & Regulations, Section I, II, March 2005, pp. 1-15, 157, (Also Available on CD). Sweig, Julia E., Fidel's Final Victory, Foreign Affairs, January/February 2007 (Also Available on CD). ISSN: ; Cost: To Be Session 23 Session 24 U.S. Congress, Cuba s Pursuit of Biological Weapons: Fact or Fiction?, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Seven Congress, Second Session, June 5, 2002, (Also Available on CD). Watch and discuss the second part of the documentary Comandante. Obama and his Cuban foreign policy: myths and realities. Required Readings: Ramón Sánchez- Parodi, Cuba- USA: Diez Tiempos de una Relación, Ocean Press, 2010, pp ISBN: ; Cost: To Be Casa Blanca: Hoja Informativa: Un nuevo rumbo para Cuba, 17 de diciembre, 2014 (Also Available on CD). Declaración del Presidente sobre cambios en la política hacia Cuba, 17 de diciembre, 2014 (Also Available on CD). Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 17

18 Transcripción de Declaraciones de Funcionarios del Departamento de Estado, Comercio y Tesoro sobre las Nuevas Regulaciones, 15 de enero de 2015 (Also Available on CD). Departamento del Comercio, EE.UU.: Hoja Informativa: Anuncio del Departamento de Comercio y el Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos Sobre Modificaciones a las Normas Sobre Sanciones con Respecto a Cuba, 15 de enero de 2015 (Also Available on CD). Department of the Treasury: Cuban Assets Control Regulations, Final Rule, 16 de enero de 2015 (Also Available on CD). Changing Cuba Policy In the United States National Interest, Staff trip Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, 2009 (Also Available on CD). Fernández Tabío, Luis René: El conflicto Estados Unidos- Cuba y la política de Obama, Contexto Latinoamericano. Revista de Análisis Político, Número 10, 2008, Editorial Ocean Sur. México, DF. pp (Also Available on CD). Hare, Paul, U.S. public diplomacy for Cuba: Why it s needed and how to do it? Issue Brief No. 1, Brookings Institution, March, 2010 (Also Available on CD). Hernández Martinez, Jorge: La política hacia Cuba entre la continuidad y el cambio, América Latina en Movimiento, ALAI, 2008, pp (Also Available on CD). Landau, Anya, Options for Engagement. A resource guide for reforming U.S. policy toward Cuba, Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 18

19 Lexington Institute, 2009 (Also Available on CD). Smith, Wayne: The Gross Case and the Inanity of the U.S. Policy, International Policy Brief, Center for International Policy, 2011 (Also Available on CD). Sullivan, Mark P.: Cuba: U.S Restrictions on Travel and Remittances, Congressional Research Service, 2013 (Also Available on CD). Session 25 Session 26 The Brookings Institution: U.S.- Cuba Relations: Moving Policy Forward in 2011 and Beyond, 2011 (Also Available on CD). Students work in the library to prepare their final essays and presentations. Presentation and discussion of final projects. Other Policies: Expectations Professional behavior is expected of all students. This includes preparation for classes, on- time attendance at classes, attendance at all group sessions and appropriate participation in the form of attentiveness and contributions to the course. Respect for the academic process is the major guiding principle for professional behavior and extends to all communications, including e- mail. Attendance/Participation Prompt attendance, full preparation, and active participation in class discussions are expected from every student in every class session. Course Policies For e- mail communications, students must use their Arcadia University e- mail account. Students are responsible for any information provided by e- mail or through Intranet postings. Plagiarism Representation of another s work or ideas as one s own in academic submissions is plagiarism, and is cause for disciplinary action. Cheating is actual or attempted use of resources not authorized by the instructor(s) for academic submissions. Students caught cheating in this course will receive a failing grade. Fabrication is the falsification or creation of data, research or resources to support academic submissions, and cause for disciplinary action. Late or Missed Assignments Will not be accepted for grading. Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 19

20 Prerequisites: Country and Program Connection: Students with Disabilities Persons with documented disabilities requiring accommodations to meet the expectations of this course should disclose this information while enrolling into the program, and before leaving the United States so that appropriate arrangements can be made. None The course gives US students the opportunity to learn about US- Cuban relations from the Cuban perspective, which they will never hear in the US. Students gain a deeper understanding not only of the host country, but also of their own country and the rest of the world. Arcadia University The College of Global Studies 20