Florida and the Mariel Boatlift of 1980 The First Twenty Days.

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Hawk, Kate Dupes, 1941- [Author]

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9780817387686

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E184 .F567 2014

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The Beginning of the End; 6. Tuesday, April 22 -- Decision Making Adrift; 7. Wednesday, April 23 -- Systems a ""Go""; 8. Thursday, April 24 -- White House Complexity and Confusion; 9. Friday, April 25 -- Miami to Mariel

And the Boatlift is On11. Sunday, April 27 -- The Hand of God; 12. Monday, April 28 -- The Feds Are Coming, the Feds Are Coming; 13. Tuesday, April 29 -- A Momentary Honeymoon; 14. Wednesday, April 30 -- Agency Games Begin; 15. Thursday, May 1 -- The Sublime and the Rediculous; 16. Friday, May 2 -- Assessment, Assessment; 17. Saturday, May 3 -- Chaos to Confusion; 18. Sunday, May 4 -- One Potato, Two Potato; 19. Monday, May 5 -- All the Ships at Sea; 20. Tuesday, May 6 -- The Mixed Blessing; 21. Wednesday, May 7 -- Marines, Winn-Dixie, and Balogna

The Witching Hour23. Friday, May 9 -- Checkmate; 24. Saturday, May 10 -- Yet Another Try; 25. May 1980 and Beyond -- The End of the First Wave; Part III: Mariel -- The Legacy; 26. The Mariel Boatlift's Impacts; 27. Indictments, Threats, and Retrospections; Epilogue; Postscript; Appendix A. List of People Involved; Appendix B. Organizational Abbreviations; Appendix C. Minutes of Meetings of ICAP with Wayne Smith and the Committee of 75; Notes; References; Index

Subject: The 1980 Mariel Boatlift was a profound episode in twentieth-century American history, impacting not just Florida, but the entire country. During the first twenty days of the boatlift, with little support from the federal government, the state of Florida coordinated and responded to the sudden arrival in Key West of more than thirty thousand Cuban refugees, the first wave of immigrants who became known as " Marielitos." Kathleen Dupes Hawk, Ron Villella, Adolfo Leyva de Varona, and Kristen Cifers combine the insights of expert observers with.

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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	E184.97 H385 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn882778600

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Foreword by Senator Bob Graham; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Castro's Anti-American Obsession; 1. The Origins of Castro and the Cuban Revolution; 2. Cuba's International Conflicts and Communist Regime; 3. A Shift in Revolutionary Target and Rapprochement; 4. The Events that Led to the Mariel Boatlift; Part II: The First Days; 5. Monday, April 21, 1980 -- The Beginning of the End; 6. Tuesday, April 22 -- Decision Making Adrift; 7. Wednesday, April 23 -- Systems a ""Go""; 8. Thursday, April 24 -- White House Complexity and Confusion; 9. Friday, April 25 -- Miami to Mariel

10. Saturday, April 26 -- And the Boatlift is On11. Sunday, April 27 -- The Hand of God; 12. Monday, April 28 -- The Feds Are Coming, the Feds Are Coming; 13. Tuesday, April 29 -- A Momentary Honeymoon; 14. Wednesday, April 30 -- Agency Games Begin; 15. Thursday, May 1 -- The Sublime and the Rediculous; 16. Friday, May 2 -- Assessment, Assessment; 17. Saturday, May 3 -- Chaos to Confusion; 18. Sunday, May 4 -- One Potato, Two Potato; 19. Monday, May 5 -- All the Ships at Sea; 20. Tuesday, May 6 -- The Mixed Blessing; 21. Wednesday, May 7 -- Marines, Winn-Dixie, and Balogna

22. Thursday, May 8 -- The Witching Hour23. Friday, May 9 -- Checkmate; 24. Saturday, May 10 -- Yet Another Try; 25. May 1980 and Beyond -- The End of the First Wave; Part III: Mariel -- The Legacy; 26. The Mariel Boatlift's Impacts; 27. Indictments, Threats, and Retrospections; Epilogue; Postscript; Appendix A. List of People Involved; Appendix B. Organizational Abbreviations; Appendix C. Minutes of Meetings of ICAP with Wayne Smith and the Committee of 75; Notes; References; Index

The 1980 Mariel Boatlift was a profound episode in twentieth-century American history, impacting not just Florida, but the entire country. During the first twenty days of the boatlift, with little support from the federal government, the state of Florida coordinated and responded to the sudden arrival in Key West of more than thirty thousand Cuban refugees, the first wave of immigrants who became known as " Marielitos." Kathleen Dupes Hawk, Ron Villella, Adolfo Leyva de Varona, and Kristen Cifers combine the insights of expert observers with.

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