Cuba: A New HistoryYale University Press, 2005 M01 1 - 384 pages This new look at the history of Cuba illuminates the island's entire revolutionary past as well as the most recent decades of the Castro regime Events in Fidel Castro's island nation often command international attention and just as often inspire controversy. Impassioned debate over situations as diverse as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Elián Gonzáles affair is characteristic not only of modern times but of centuries of Cuban history. In this concise and up-to-date book, British journalist Richard Gott casts a fresh eye on the history of the Caribbean island from its pre-Columbian origins to the present day. He provides a European perspective on a country that is perhaps too frequently seen solely from the American point of view. The author emphasizes such little-known aspects of Cuba's history as its tradition of racism and violence, its black rebellions, the survival of its Indian peoples, and the lasting influence of Spain. The book also offers an original look at aspects of the Revolution, including Castro's relationship with the Soviet Union, military exploits in Africa, and his attempts to promote revolution in Latin America and among American blacks. In a concluding section, Gott tells the extraordinary story of the Revolution's survival in the post-Soviet years. |
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... G68 2004 972.91 - dc22 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0-300-11114-2 ( pbk ) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2004007556 Contents Acknowledgements Map Prologue Introduction : the Cuban people I.
... British attack , 1817-1842 59 Black rebellion : the conspiracy of La Escalera , 1843-1844 64 • Narciso López and the threat of US annexation , 1850 and 1851 67 · 39 3 Wars of independence and occupation , 1868-1902 • The Grito de Yara ...
... British - built Viscount of the Spanish airline Iberia touching down at most of the islands in the mid Atlantic on the way . With me , I had two volumes of the collected works of Thomas Balogh , the Hungarian - born British economist ...
... British and the Dutch . These newcomers carried the internecine wars of Europe into this fresh , tropical setting , fighting there at intervals for more than two centuries . They occupied the islands adjacent to Cuba and , in the shape ...
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