The Cuban connection: drug trafficking, smuggling and gambling in Cuba from the 1920s to the Revolution

U.S. prohibition and smuggling from Cuba -- Drug trafficking and political anarchy during the 1930s -- The Chinese and opium consumption in Cuba -- Corruption and drug trafficking in Cuba during the Second World War and the early postwar years -- Lucky Luciano in Cuba -- The Prío Socarrás government...

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Main Author: Sáenz Rovner, Eduardo 1955- (Author)
Contributors: Davidson, Russ
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 2008
In:Year: 2008
Online Access: Book review (H-Net)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
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Keywords:
Drug traffic > History > 20th century > Cuba
Organized Crime > History > 20th century > Cuba
Gambling > History > 20th century > Cuba
Drug traffic > Cuba > History > 20th century
Organized Crime > Cuba > History > 20th century
Gambling > Cuba > History > 20th century
United States > Foreign relations > Cuba
Cuba > Foreign relations > United States
Kuba > Rauschgifthandel > Geschichte 1920-1958
Kuba > Organisiertes Verbrechen > Geschichte 1920-1958
Kuba > Glücksspiel > Geschichte 1920-1958
Organisiertes Verbrechen
Glücksspiel
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Summary:U.S. prohibition and smuggling from Cuba -- Drug trafficking and political anarchy during the 1930s -- The Chinese and opium consumption in Cuba -- Corruption and drug trafficking in Cuba during the Second World War and the early postwar years -- Lucky Luciano in Cuba -- The Prío Socarrás government and drug trafficking -- Gambling in Cuba -- The Andean connection -- Contacts in France -- The Batista dictatorship and drug trafficking -- Revolution -- The diplomacy of drug trafficking at the beginning of the Revolution
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:247 S.
ISBN:978-0-8078-3175-5