Crosscurrents: Continuity and change in United States-Cuba policy

<p>By the end of the Cold War, the White House had abandoned its efforts to destroy the socialist dictatorship of Fidel Castro. Nevertheless, its efforts, which began in 1960, established a legacy of coercion in U.S. policy toward the Castro regime. That tradition has persisted in the post-Cold War and nurtured a pervasive political faction in Congress and the executive bureaucracy which continues to work toward fomenting Castro's ouster. "Crosscurrents" is an examination of five dramatic events in U.S.-Cuban relations which demonstrate that, although the advocates and tactics of U.S.-Cuba policy have changed since 1960, the objective of overthrowing Castro remains the same. For thirty-seven years, such a policy has yielded negligible results and instead has ended in crises at the expense of U.S. interests. The continuation of a coercive U.S.-Cuba policy in 1996 promises to yield similar results.</p>