'Africanos' versus 'Africanitos' the Soviet-Czechoslovak Competition to Protect the Cuban Revolution

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F19%3A10404538" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/19:10404538 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Bvpb7-Rr7t" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=Bvpb7-Rr7t</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2019.1692892" target="_blank" >10.1080/07075332.2019.1692892</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

'Africanos' versus 'Africanitos' the Soviet-Czechoslovak Competition to Protect the Cuban Revolution

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The Cuban Revolution fundamentally changed the approach taken by the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc countries toward Latin America. When Fidel Castro took power, the Communist countries began to open embassies in Cuba and develop mutual relations. Along with the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia quickly normalized relations with the new regime and became one of the most active Eastern Bloc countries diplomatically, economically, and in the intelligence field. The Czechoslovak State Security Service (StB) took a leading role in building Cuban intelligence and strengthening the Castro regime. For more than a year, the Czechoslovaks pushed hard to build the relationship and provide assistance beyond what the Soviet Union was willing to countenance, which annoyed and frustrated, the Soviet KGB. Following the Bay of Pigs, during which the StB performed poorly, the Soviets began to reduce StB activities in Cuba. Based on recently declassified documents, this article explores Czechoslovakia&apos;s neglected intelligence initiatives in Cuba and assesses them within the context of Eastern Bloc intelligence activities in the Global South during the Cold War.

Název v anglickém jazyce

'Africanos' versus 'Africanitos' the Soviet-Czechoslovak Competition to Protect the Cuban Revolution

Popis výsledku anglicky

The Cuban Revolution fundamentally changed the approach taken by the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc countries toward Latin America. When Fidel Castro took power, the Communist countries began to open embassies in Cuba and develop mutual relations. Along with the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia quickly normalized relations with the new regime and became one of the most active Eastern Bloc countries diplomatically, economically, and in the intelligence field. The Czechoslovak State Security Service (StB) took a leading role in building Cuban intelligence and strengthening the Castro regime. For more than a year, the Czechoslovaks pushed hard to build the relationship and provide assistance beyond what the Soviet Union was willing to countenance, which annoyed and frustrated, the Soviet KGB. Following the Bay of Pigs, during which the StB performed poorly, the Soviets began to reduce StB activities in Cuba. Based on recently declassified documents, this article explores Czechoslovakia&apos;s neglected intelligence initiatives in Cuba and assesses them within the context of Eastern Bloc intelligence activities in the Global South during the Cold War.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF16_019%2F0000734" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000734: Kreativita a adaptabilita jako předpoklad úspěchu Evropy v propojeném světě</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International History Review

ISSN

0707-5332

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

neuveden

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

neuveden

Stát vydavatele periodika

CA - Kanada

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

—

Kód UT WoS článku

000500217100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85076178803