The United States Origin Of The Containment Policy Against Cuba

Cuba is one of the fewest countries with which the United States hasn't established the normal relationship yet. However, America could not ignore Cuba, not only because Cuba is close to America, but also Cuba is an influential country in the third world. In the view of the American decision-makers, Cuba threats not only the American native land, but also its allied countries. Thus, it influences the American whole world strategies. Therefore, under the condition of the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, America took the long-time policy of containment and blockage towards Cuba, considering the whole world strategies.The containment policy has been a main line of the American government's foreign diplomacy policy after the World War Two; the nucleus of this policy is to restrain the Soviet and other socialist countries. During the early Cold War, the American containment policy towards the Soviet, the Eastern European countries, China, and Cuba-these socialist countries are remarkable. But. as China and America normalized their relationship, the longtime hostility between the two countries changed gradually. With the upheaval of the Eastern European countries, the disintegration of the Soviet, and the end of the Cold War worldwide, the relationship between America and Russia came to normalize. But the worldwide detente hasn't changed American hostile policy towards Cuba. The cold war state between America and Cuba are still existing. The objection of the disseminate about Cuba, the whole blockage of its economy, the isolation in its foreign affairs, are still the main content of the American containment policy towards Cuba at present.This thesis tries to expound deeply the essence of Plate's amendment through the historical review of the relationship between America and Cuba, the reaction of America towards the Cuban revolution (politically, militarily, economically and diplomatically) after the victory of the Cuban Revolution, the American attitude towards Cuba during the Cuban missilecrisis, and, the relationship between America and Cuba and the basic tendencies after 1964, so as to have a better understanding of the characteristics of the containment policy and the reason why the hostile relationship between the two countries exists.There are six chapters in the thesis. Chapter One: Introduction. Jt summarizes the significance, value, and approach of the selected theme, and introduces the research both at home and abroad at present. Chapter Two: the Historical Retrospect of the Relationship between America and Cuba. It mainly explicates, before the Cuban revolution, how America dominated Cuba in politics, economy, military, etc. Chapter Three: the American Policy toward Cuba during the Eisenhower Government. This government experienced the transformed process in the attitude of the "wait and see" to "hostility" towards Cuba. Along with the land reform in Cuba and the strengthened relationship between the Soviet and Cuba, the United States began to lay down and perform all kinds of measures, aiming at realizing the goal to overturn the Castor government. Chapter Four: the Policy of the Early Kennedy Government towards Cuba. This government continued the policy laid down in the Eisenhower government, strengthened the control of Cuba in politics, economy, military, etc, and initially formed the containment policy towards Cuba. Chapter Five: the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Formation of the Containment Policy of America towards Cuba. The Cuban missile crisis clearly exposed that America would take a tough policy when its security was under threatening. Through the collective embargo and "the complete sanction," finally, the U.S. formed the containment policy toward Cuba. Chapter Six mainly summarizes the main trend about the America-Cuba relationship, and analyzes the factors which have influenced the formation of American policies towards Cuba.