puppet state, n.All

A Puppet state (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a convenient fiction: nobody is ever simply someone else's puppet, and the Cubans in 1962 had their own fears.