This in-depth examination of one of the most controversial episodes in U.S.-Cuba relations sheds new light on the program that airlifted 14,000 unaccompanied children to the United States in the wake of the Cuban Revolution. Operation Pedro Pan and the Cuban Children's Program are often remembered within the U.S. as an urgent "rescue" mission, but Deborah Shnookal points out that a multitude of complex factors drove the exodus, including Cold War propaganda and the Catholic Church's opposition to the island's new regime.
- ISBN10 1683401824
- ISBN13 9781683401827
- Publish Date 9 June 2020
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint University of Florida Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 326
- Language English