John A Gronbeck-Tedesco

Operation Pedro Pan

The Migration of Unaccompanied Children from Castro's Cuba

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Produktbeschreibung

John A. Gronbeck-Tedesco tells the history of the Unaccompanied Cuban Children’s Program, known as Operation Pedro Pan, which brought more than fourteen thousand children from Castro’s Cuba to the United States between 1960 and 1962.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781640125216
• ISBN-10: 1640125213
• Artikelnr.: 63334408

Autorenporträt

John A. Gronbeck-Tedesco is an associate professor of American studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey. He is the author of Cuba, the United States, and Cultures of the Transnational Left, 1930–1975. His articles have appeared in scholarly journals as well as Washingtonpost.com, TheHill.com, and TalkingPointsMemo.com. Gronbeck-Tedesco has been a guest on SiriusXM’s POTUS channel, NPR’s Marketplace, and WHYY’s Radio Times.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
A Note on Language
Introduction
1. Takeoff
2. Landing
3. From Camps to Resettlement
4. Americanize a la Cubana
5. The “Other Miami”
6. Operation Pedro Pan in Cuba
7. A Brief History of Intimate Ties
8. A National Test
9. Cold War Childhood
10. For God and Country
11. Abuse
12. Vaults of Oblivion
13. Bittersweet Reunions
14. Putting the Program to Bed
15. The Politics of Exile Identity
16. The Return
Conclusion
Notes
Index