Cuba and the United StatesWhen Cuba threw off the yoke of Spanish rule at the end of the nineteenth century, it did so with the help of another foreign power, the United States. Thereafter, the United States became involved in Cuban affairs, intervening twice militarily (1898 1902 and 1906 1909). What was the effect of U. S. intervention? Conventional wisdom indicates that U. S. intervention hindered the rise of militarism in Cuba in the early years of statehood. This