George W. Bush
George W. Bush
Turning Back the Clock
This chapter explores President George W. Bush’s policy toward Cuba and Latin America in general. Against the backdrop of the war in Iraq and U.S. military operations in the name of freedom, “regime change” remained the unwavering objective of U.S. policy during Bush’s presidency. Convinced that stepped-up economic pressure and aid to Cuban dissidents would collapse the regime despite fifty years of experience to the contrary, Bush’s foreign policy team had no interest in dialogue with a government they were confident they could eliminate. The task of sustaining engagement with the island over the next eight years would thus fall to others. Bush’s uncompromising policy was rooted not only in the messianic Wilsonianism of his foreign policy but also in his close ties to Miami’s most conservative Cuban Americans.
Keywords: George W. Bush, Bush’s policy, foreign policy, regime change, Bush’s presidency, Cuban Americans
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