And the Russians Stayed: The Sovietization of Cuba : a Personal PortraitMorrow, 1989 - 384 pages This personal account of the author and members of his family spans thirty years, from January 1, 1959, up until the present day where the Soviets continue to use fortified coves to keep their missiles only 90 miles from America's shores. Photos. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 45
Page 25
... remained closed . The rationale was that youngsters who continued to study and graduated from other uni- versities should not be better off than those who joined the ranks of the revolution and took up arms . I was stunned by the ...
... remained closed . The rationale was that youngsters who continued to study and graduated from other uni- versities should not be better off than those who joined the ranks of the revolution and took up arms . I was stunned by the ...
Page 127
... remained a romantic at heart . When my cousin Ofelia first met Nongo , she was sixteen years old , a striking blue - eyed , statuesque brunette with a beguil- ing smile and a disarming wit . Convent - educated in Cuba and the United ...
... remained a romantic at heart . When my cousin Ofelia first met Nongo , she was sixteen years old , a striking blue - eyed , statuesque brunette with a beguil- ing smile and a disarming wit . Convent - educated in Cuba and the United ...
Page 127
... remained a romantic at heart . When my cousin Ofelia first met Nongo , she was sixteen years old , a striking blue - eyed , statuesque brunette with a beguil- ing smile and a disarming wit . Convent - educated in Cuba and the United ...
... remained a romantic at heart . When my cousin Ofelia first met Nongo , she was sixteen years old , a striking blue - eyed , statuesque brunette with a beguil- ing smile and a disarming wit . Convent - educated in Cuba and the United ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Angola anti-Castro April Aragón Armando Valladares arms army asked attack base Batista Bay of Pigs Blas Roca brigade Caribbean Castro regime caves chief Committee Communist constitutional Cortina Cuba Cuba's Cuban exiles Cuban government Cuban Revolutionary Council Cuban-American democratic Despite diplomatic economic elections Elodia émigrés Fidel Castro Florida force former freedom Girón guerrilla Havana hemisphere Hurwitch intelligence invasion island José July Khrushchev land Latin American leaders liberation major Manuel Martí Marxist meeting ment Miami military Nicaragua Nongo nuclear Ofelia officers operation Party Pepe Pinar del Río Platt Amendment political President Kennedy prisoners Raúl Raúl Castro rebels reportedly reports Republic revolution Russian Sandinistas Schlesinger ships Sierra Maestra Solaún Somoza Sorí Soviet Union Spain Spanish strategic subversion sugar threat tion told troops U.S. ambassador U.S. government U.S. Senate underground United Varona Washington White House York