Occasional Paper #24 IMAGINING A FREE CUBA: CARLOS MANUEL DE CÉSPEDES AND JOSÉ MARTÍ Cathy L. Jrade, George Monteiro, Nelson R. Orringer, Louis A. Pérez, Jr., Ivan A. Schulman, Thomas E. Skidmore, and Wayne S. Smith Edited by José Amor y Vázquez i Occasional Papers is a series published by The Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies Brown University, Box 1970 2 Stimson Avenue Providence, RI 02912 Telephone: (401) 863-2809 Fax: (401) 863-1270 E-mail:
[email protected] http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Watson_Institute/ Thomas J. Biersteker, Ph.D., Director Thomas G. Weiss, Ph.D., Associate Director Frederick F. Fullerton, Editor/Writer Nancy Hamlin Soukup, Editor/Writer Amy M. Langlais, Assistant Computer Coordinator Statements of fact or opinion are solely those of the authors; their publication does not imply endorsement by the Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies. Copyright © 1996 by the Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for Interna- tional Studies. All rights reserved under International and Pan American Convention. No part of this report may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any other means, electronic or me- chanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information stor- age and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to Occasional Papers, Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface ........................................................................................... v Cubans by Choice: Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and José Martí ........................... 1 Thomas E. Skidmore Approaching Martí: Text and Context ................................... 13 Louis A. Pérez, Jr. Stephen Crane’s Cuban War ................................................... 25 George Monteiro The Relevance of Martí’s Thought Today ............................