As US-Cuban diplomatic relations thaw in the twenty-first century, America's Forgotten Colony examines the ambivalent relationship between Americans and Cubans on the Isle of Pines in the twentieth century. Accessible to specialists, students, and general readers, this book shows how US influence adapted and endured prior to Cuba's revolution.

Analysis of the American presence on the Isle of Pines illustrates how US influence adapted and endured in republican-era Cuba.