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Bilingual text discusses the history, culture, and famous people of Cuba from the discovery of the island by Columbus through the end of the nineteenth century. ... Read more

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Good sample of Cubans of renown.
This bilingual work offers to the Spanish or English reader the accomplishments of a selected group of Cuba's best, from the 19th-century "Fathers of the Country" -one of them a top literary figure- to a20th-century Chess World Champion.Also includes a candidate for the NobelPrize in Medicine and a world-renown composer, among others.Very welldocumented, featuring little-known biographical data.Easy reading, veryenjoyable.One is left with a crave formore. ... Read more

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Established as America's first foreign naval base following the Spanish-American War, Guantánamo is now more often thought of as our Devil's Island, the gulag of our times. This book takes readers beyond the orange-jumpsuited detainees of today's headlines to provide the first comprehensive history of Guantánamo from its origins to the present.

Occupying 45 square miles of land and sea, Guantánamo has for more than a century symbolized the imperial impulse within U.S. foreign policy, and its occupation is decried by Cuba as a violation of inter-national law--even though a treaty legally grants the U.S. a lease in perpetuity. Stephen Schwab now describes the base's role in American, Caribbean, and global history, explaining how it came to be, why it's still there, and how it continues to serve a variety of purposes.

Schwab views the base's creation as part of a broad U.S. strategy of annexations, protectorates, and limited interventions devised to create a strong sphere of influence in the western Atlantic. He charts its history from this early belief that it would prevent European powers from staking imperial claims in the Caribbean and examines the crucial defensive role that Guantánamo played as a convoy hub for strategic goods during World War II. He then looks at clashes over Guantánamo during the Cold War, culminating in LBJ's decision to make the base independent by firing Cuban workers and building a desalinization plant. Schwab also fleshes out Guantánamo's ongoing roles as the U.S. Navy's lone forward base in the Caribbean, providing refueling for U.S. and allied ships, as a Coast Guard station engaged in search-and-rescue missions and counternarcotics operations, and as a U.S. facility for processing undocumented aliens.

Even though the Castro government persistently protests America's presence--and refuses even to bank the rent that the U.S. dutifully pays--Guantánamo remains the only place where diplomatic exchanges between the two countries occur, and Schwab documents how the facility has served mutual interests as both a point of nationalistic frictions and a center for diplomatic compromise. By presenting Guantánamo's story within its broader historical framework, his book gives readers a greater appreciation of America's true stake in this controversial Caribbean outpost. ... Read more

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A Masterful Job!
I admit that the Introduction made me a little apprehensive.I was afraid I might be getting into a dissertation that could be appreciated only by academics with expertise in the field.Fortunately, a few pages into the first chapter, I realized that my fears were unfounded.Schwab has perfected a very readable narrative style, gracefully weaving in quotes from his sources and from others who have analyzed the data at various periods of history.He has made a timely contribution to the discussion of what the U.S. should do about Guantánamo.

James Rowe Adams, author
From Literal to Literary: The Essential Reference Book for Biblical Metaphors

Very academic, detail-oriented
Primarily, this book is a study of the legal and treaty aspects of Guantanamo Bay and how these evolved up to the Castro regime. As such, it is NOT a casual read. Guantanamo's acquisition as a naval base evolved from what was perceived in the early 1900s as a need to defend new sealanes which would result from the opening of the Panama Canal. Actually, when I said it was detailed-oriented I should amend that. It is very detailed when it comes to the proposed acquisition and then becomes less so as the book comes along until the last chapter is pretty much devoted to the last 30 or so years of the base's existence. Hardly anything is said of the evolution of the base itself, how it has evolved as well over the decades. Nothing is said about Cuban psychological warfare against the base, the "mirror" towers, the Cuban claims of snipers shooting at their people, the use of spotlights to blind U.S. guards. The author never points out that as part of U.S. treaty obligations that Soveit and Communist Bloc ships were not only permitted to enter and leave the Guantanamo base's waters but the U.S. also dredged a channel to let them come in and out.

And the author dated his own work by stating, in this 2009 book, that Guantanamo Bay detainees would be moved soon because wherever they were going to be held "it wouldn't be Gitmo." Because President Obama said so.

Base your writing on the facts not how you voted in the last election. Much good info here but it's only part of the puzzle.

Great New Book
Guantanamo, USA.What a remarkable book!Stephen Schwab has presented a detailed, highly researched, and beautifully written text on the history of Guantanamo Naval Base.From the U.S. involvement in the Spanish-American War to liberate Cuba from Spain through Guantanamo's role in World Wars I and II and the Cold War years, the reader is caught up in the rationale for developing a naval base that would not only show the imperalistic strategy of the U.S.A. but the necessity of securing the best location to house a strong naval fleet protecting the Caribbean, the Panama Canal, and the Americas at large.
Many of my generation will only remember the Cuban Missile Crisis of the 60's and the more recent use of the base to house and/or detain refugees and prisoners of war as reasons to justify our Cuban presence. Schwab, however, gives us a far broader and more objective picture of this presence, providing insights and assessments of a relationship that has served both the Cuban and American nations.Mutual benefits have been at times economic, political, and military.It reads well and captures the vital influence of the Roosevelts and other significant statesmen in the evolution of this sole surviving naval base in the Caribbean Sea.All in all, Schwab provides a balanced perspective of an American proprietary view of the base at Guantanamo in contrast to Cuba's mixed response to our presence on their shores for over a century. ... Read more

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Philip A. Howard traces the origins and evolution of Afro-Cuban benevolent societies from early African slave-based associations to the Pan-Afro-Cuban groups that emerged in the late nineteenth century. Relying on rich archival materials in Spain and Cuba, Howard illuminates the process by which African immigrants, both slave and free, employed benevolent societies to retain their culture and identity, to protect their human rights, and eventually to facilitate their integration into post-emancipation Cuban society. Howard's study is crucial to the understanding of the African experience in nineteenth-century Cuba and will be an indispensable resource for all students of African history in the Americas. ... Read more

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The decision whether to use nuclear weapons that faced political and military leaders forty-five years ago may be the choices facing leaders in crises situations today and in the future. In this spirit, Professor Scott has written a book of compelling interest.

The Cuban Missile Crisis is the term used in the west to describe the events of October 1962, described by Robert Kennedy as the world brought to the abyss of nuclear destruction and the end of mankind. On 27 October that year, Robert McNamara said 'as I left the White House and walked through the garden to my car to return to the Pentagon on that beautiful fall evening, I feared I might never live to see another Saturday night'.

It was indeed probably the most dangerous moment in all human history. Yet debate remains about the risk of nuclear war and what lessons might be learned from the events of 1962 in understanding the role of nuclear weapons in international politics. The purpose of this book is to examine the role of nuclear weapons in the light of a huge amount of recent research and to evaluate the risk of inadvertent nuclear war. The main themes of this book are the role of nuclear weapons in the conduct of foreign policy, in deterring armed conflict and in risking nuclear war.

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In March 1999, the Baltimore Orioles played a team of Cuban all-stars, the first time a major league baseball team from the United States had played a Cuban team since Cuba’s communist revolution in 1959. The Orioles won 3–2 in 11 innings.

This text presents basic statistical information and listings for every Cuban baseball team from 1878 until 1961. The Cuban League functioned until February 1961, but the International League revoked the Cubans Sugar Kings franchise in July 1960. The information for each season includes the final standings, team rosters, all-time records, individual statistics arranged by team, and background information. The appendix lists the Cuban players in the first three eras, all-time leaders for batting average, runs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, RBI, stolen bases, pitching, completed games, wins, losses, MVPs, Rookies of the Years, and much more. The book is profusely illustrated with photographs. ... Read more

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A Cuban Baseball Classic
Jorge Figueredo has done a monumental job in presenting the statistical history of Cuban baseball over a period of more than 80 years.
This book provides, not only statistics of the legendary Cuban players (Mendez, Oms, Torriente, etc.), and the great Negro league players (Jud Wilson, Dobie Moore, Oscar Charleston, etc.), it also pprovides statistics of the major league players, who played in the Cuban Winter League during the major league off-season - players like Charlie Dressen, Eddie Brown, and Jimmy Cooney.
'Cuban Baseball' is a classic, and it will be a standard reference book for baseball fans and historians, for many decades.
Outstanding job Jorge!!!! ... Read more

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In The Quest for the Cuban Christ, Miguel A. De La Torre examines symbols enriching the Cuban experience through a highly creative historical and cultural framework. He argues that for all Cubans, Christ must be understood through the historical analysis of the Cuban culture and that God saves Cubans in a quintessentially Cuban way.

De La Torre juxtaposes two disciplines long considered mutually exclusive--liberation theology and postmodernity--to test the relationship between the faith of marginalized Cuban groups and the overall Cuban identity. His approach challenges the Latino academic religious community to seriously consider and acknowledge how vastly the Cuban religious experience differs from that of other traditions. He also confronts the proposition that Christ can be understood through a general Latino social location.

De La Torre analyzes key figures, groups, and periods in Cuban history as well as the ways Christ is being depicted in Cuban art today. His focus centers on the art created by marginalized segments of Cuban society, both in Cuba and the United States, to illuminate points of view from those previously silenced throughout Cuban history. His argument moves beyond a purely spiritual reading to explore how Christ is created by those who were and are oppressed by the Cuban culture, a theme that he uses to debunk the Christ of the powerful and privileged who until recently have been the sole arbiters of the Cuban identity. ... Read more

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"Walking with the Night" is the finest study in English to date of a faith on the brink of becoming a world religion."William J. Heim, Ph.. D. ... Read more

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A wonderful book by a wonderful man!
In a very odd turn of events, *I* do not have anything further to say about this wonderful book. To read it is to know what I mean.(-_-)

entertaining, informative, fun to read
Baba Canizares is a well known and highly respect Babalorisha of New York.He has written about a dozen books, each aimed for the beginner in Santeria, Orisha and Voodoo religion.Cuban Santeria is another of his good books; there are no secrets revealed here, or ceremonies or none of that.What the book has is a mixture of autobiography, and tales as told to him buy his godparents.The book is a good read, and lets those who are curious, come into a world of mystery, beauty and wisdom. All of Baba Canizares books are entertaining, informative, and a pleasure to read.Check out his other books or Orishas ISBN: 0942272692 as well as his respecteful selling book The Life and Works of Marie Laveau. Which Amazon.com should sell."Hint Hint"

The best introduction to Santeria
Santeria is not an easy theme to tackle--I've written about it myself--It is a much-misunderstood religion, filled with magic and controversy.Raul Canizares, a practitioner and scholar simultaneously, translates the faith of his soul to the world at large with remarkable elegance. The book is thoroughly readable, extremely informative without being pedantic, and unique in some aspects, such as when the author writes about white-on-black racism in supposedly color-blind Communist Cuba. For the knowledgeable, the book is like a tease: it leaves you wanting for more.But for a first book on the subject, there is no better.

best primer on santeria
While a seasoned Santero will not learn anything from this primer, a person who wants to get his/her feet wet will find this a delicious volume. A seasoned Santero, however, will appreciate the fluidity of language and the beauty of the stories Baba Canizares expounds on.A master of the English language as well as a master Santero, Canizares' book has withstood the test of time (look at his consistently high rating on AMAZON.COM sales, where it is usually the top-rated orisha book). I hear Inner Traditions is planning a greatly expanded 10th anniversary special edition, as well as a Spanish Language edition--I can't wait to get both.CUBAN SANTERIA: WALKING WITH THE NIGHT is a little masterpiece, and the best book from Canizares's pen so far.

Una buena lecutra
El libro presenta de forma amena e interesante la santería.Su presentación profundiza sin llegar a abundar en los detalles.Para un primer libro sobre el tema es excepcional. ... Read more

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Corrupt Cubans In Miami
This book is excellent in painting a pretty picture of the average normal Cuban. But it does not cover the dark side of the Corrupt Cubans who hold key positions in the City of Miami- Dade. Most of this Cubans are of delinquent background; who still believe in the old corrupt and immoral way of life during the 1940's and 50's in the Island. Because of their philosophies the Island is in a mess today.Here in Miami they have open the door to enormous flood of illiterate savages Indians from Central and South America, to come and pervert with drugs and strange customs the once peaceful city of Miami. Stealing, cheating, and being a bad example is the way of the Miami Cubans officials who hold political positions in Miami-Dade. This book does not mention these low qualities that opportunist political Cubans have implemented on the old senile Cubans. Manipulating and lying to the ignorant Cuban community, not informing the elderly very well on the political issues, persuading the public with lies of a free Cuba so they can secure the vote. If they suspect of an honest opponent candidate the election is rigged. I still do not understand how the Americans have put up with this "BS" for so long! It's time for the Americans people to take back THIER city. I support the Arizona Law; remove all undesirables from U.S territory.

Pleasantly surprised
This book exceeded my expectations. Being from Hialeah, what I consider to be the current heart of Cuban Miami - as the book mentioned, Little Havana, the old enclave of the Cuban exile, is slowly being overtaken by Central Americans - I was pleasantly surprised to see several pictures of Hialeah included (and not of the racetrack like many other books focus on, but of actual shopping centers and streets that residents can recognize).

The book does a good job at summarizing the exile experience in Miami, from the first wave of the 1960's to the Balseros of the 1990's. I wish that they would have spent as much time studying the Marielitos as they did with the first wave of exiles, though. I also like how they mention not only successful Cubans but those of the lower and working classes, though more attention should be given to them as well, as not every Cuban is living the "American Dream" and owns their own business, or even their own home. Studying poverty in the Cuban community is essential, and not just the poverty of the recent Balseros but of older immigrants who just never assimilated enough to succeed. Success stories are great and all, but there are other realities to explore as well.

I also enjoyed that the book is not just a study of Cuban immigrants but of how they have changed the culture of Miami. I especially liked how it mentions our traditions and products. As a Cuban-American, I found myself relating to a lot that the book had to say and recognizing many of the traditions, places, personalities, foods/restaurants, and stores mentioned.

I would have liked that the pictures be in color, as they were all in black and white, but this is a minor gripe.

A personal suggestion to the authors: you should write a book about Cubans in Hialeah, they are a case study onto themselves! I would also love to see an updated version showing all that has changed since the book was published in 1999, though it can still be considered current.

Great photo book of the history of the Cuban community
This book by one of the authors of Secret Missions, offers a pleasant and often poignant glimpe of the history of Miami's Cuban community. Rather than books of this kind, the author shows his respect for Miami's Cuban community although he does not emphasize the glittering success of its most powerful indivuduals. Rather, the book covers everyone from Peter Pan arrivals to Mariel boat people and rafters. A model study, and illustrated with wonderful cartoons and photographs.

Excellent Cultural History of the Cuban Factor in Miami-Dade
The Authors Asis and Levine have created an excellent documentary of the Cuban immigration to Miami-Dade county. The book takes one from the 1930s to the present. It explains ins and outs the Cuban life in Miami. It is a very neutral book which neither glorifies nor demeans the Cuban immigration to Miami and Florida. It simply explains the reasons of Cuban behavior which might seem somewhat confusing to a non-Cuban as well as other races and nationalities from Latin America.

Miami and Cuba had a long relationship way before the revolution came to the island nation. Many of the wealthy sugar barons, rum distillers and tobacco kings kept their cash in South Florida. Miami was the playground for the rich and famous of Cuba usually occupying more hotel space than the rather well known northern snow birds of today.

The politics of dislocation is discussed indepth to help one understand the often hostile position of Cuban-Americans toward Castro and Cuba today. Something of a surprise for me was the way the first wave of exiles often viewed the newcommers of the second wave commanly known as the Marielitos with suspicion.

The influence of wealthy Cuban businessmen of yesterday and today are felt in many places of the US in Finance, Educational Scholars, Politics and Government. They superficially touch base on this without going into a lot of detail but it still one understand from where they have come from to where they are going.

The Catholic church plays a very important role in almost all Cubans' lifes. Many of the cultural and religious specific traditions are explained in great detail. All of the refugees from the first wave and operation Pedro Pan were mainly cared for by Catholic charaties, which also reinforces their beliefs and support for the church.

Gloria Estefan, Willy Chirino, Silvio Fontanellas and other Cuban-Americans who have contributed to Cuban culture in the area of music and arts is only briefly discussed on several pages. As a passionate listner of Cuban music, I thought it would have been great if they would have introduced other Cuban musicians in South Florida but then again, this is not a publication about Cuban music.

Exiles love to dream about the Island but I think this chapter is a little bit niave as most of the Cubans think that once Castro is gone they will all return home. I have been in Europe during the fall of the wall and many of the former East Germans dreamt about going back to their former country and rebuilding their homes and reuniting their families. This all turned out to be falacy. Those that tried to come back and claim their property were detested by their families who remained in the Communist part and saw their relatives from West with a lot of suspicion. Many family reunions didn't last long and the their dreams were shattered. Things will be different when Castro is gone but it will not be like most Cuban exiles think. Family members who have stayed in Cuba the entire time will want to have their property as well, citing the suffering they have endured under Castro as their rights to the deeds. More important is that exile Cubans understand what caused the revolution and that they try to avoid the pitfalls of their predecessors.

Most companies prepare a business plan and if it is not bearing fruit after a certain amount of time they decide to try something else. Perhaps the Cuban exile community should try and persue a dialogue with Cuba. Fourty years of isolation hasn't worked guys.

Excellent! A great analysis of Cuban-Americans in Miami.
Excellent!This book manages to provide a comprehensive textual documentary of the Cuban exile experience in Miami in an easy-to-read manner. It accomplishes this with its great visual exposition ofphotographs ranging from the early 1900's to the present time, as well as athorough analysis of this group's migration to this country.

For thoseinterested in understanding the Cuban-American experience, especially afterthe Elian Gonzalez events, this book is a must. Ironically, and it gives itmore credibility, this book was written prior to the Elian saga.Yet, Ithink it can help answer to others why this group of opinionated,passionate, and often stubborn Cuban-Americans have reacted the way theyhave on the Elian debate. It indeed answers a lot of questions regardingthe political, economic, and social idiosyncrasies of Cuban-Americans. Answers to such questions as why Cuban-Americans are the only Hispanicgroup (and probably only "minority" in this country) with anoverwhelming Republican Party affiliation? Why economically Cuban-Americanshave been such great implementers of the "American Dream" in sucha short amount of time?Why socially Cuban-Americans are closer to theAmerican family and religious values held in the 1950s in thiscountry?

The authors have done a wonderful job of capturing and reportinga sense of a Cuban-nostalgic state-of-mind that only exists in theCuban-Americans' psychic, almost frozen in time. It is a testimony ofperseverance and survival to the older and first generation of Cuban exilesthat arrived in this country. Their main accomplishment has been to be ableto pass this "dream" or state-of-mind to the next generations. The book's last page states -"In Miami, but not in Havana, you canbuy a "Cuban sandwich" and "Cuban bread," Bacardi rumand Hatuey beer."This I find ironic and hopefully fitting. Whoknows? It is, I think, in the end this kind of Cuban-American capitalisticmentality which might bring back to Cuba itself a sense of Cuban identityat some point in time. Not to mention of course a sense of family andreligious believes kept alive by that first generation of exiles. A senseof family and religious believes that unfortunately no longer exist in thatisland.

Like other groups of immigrants to this country, this book showsthe Cuban-American experience as homage to the human spirit, survival, anda great tribute in itself to this great country of ours.If you're ofCuban descent and live in exile, this book will make you proud, sad, andalso hopeful. If you're not of Cuban descent and living in this country,this book will make you better understand that other group of Americansresiding in "Cuban Miami".And yes, it should also make you veryproud of this country. ... Read more

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Good Science and Good Writeing
A vigorously researched work of science, but at the same time an exciting adventure story (A handful of little green guys set out to create a new life in a new land!), and a mystery story (Who is responsible for the green tide that changed Florida forever?), a rip roaring sex romp (And where did you think that all theses things come from?), a thriller of a story (Surviving the most deadly force of nature, the dreaded hurricane, alone and unprotected!) as well as a heart warming story of how a handful of Cuban refugees fleeing the repression of Castro's Communism created a successful life for their descendents in the free land of America. ... Read more

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This volume presents 59 examples of contemporary Cuban art drawn from the distinguished collection of Howard and Patricia Farber (New York and Miami Beach). Created primarily during the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, these evocative works represent the combination of utopian impulses and dystopian realities, the ruptures and new beginnings that have characterized Cuban art. Although the underlying issues are serious, many of the works are imbued with a sense of humor and irony, and all demonstrate a clear commitment to the Cuban homeland.

Among the 40 Cuban-born artists represented in the exhibition are many internationally renowned figures, such as José Bedia, Antonio Fernandez (Tonel), Los Carpinteros, Tania Bruguera, Carlos Garaicoa, Alexis Leyva (Kcho), Luis Cruz Azaceta, and Elsa Mora. Approximately half of the artists currently reside in Cuba, while the other half reside outside Cuba in countries such as Spain, Mexico, and the United States.

The artworks in the exhibition encompass a broad range of media, including paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculptures, and mixed-media installations, and the accompanying bilingual text includes essays by Kerry Oliver-Smith, curator of contemporary art at the Harn Museum of Art and curator of the exhibition "Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from The Farber Collection," and Abelardo Mena, curator of contemporary art at the National Museum in Havana. Also included are essays by Magda González-Mora, a founder of the Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Havana, and an independent curator based in Havana and Toronto. ... Read more

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EXCELLENT
REALLY GOOD BOOK.I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH. NOTHING MORE TO SAY BUT GET IT NOW. ... Read more

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A new examination of why Cuba, a Caribbean country, sent half a million of its citizens to fight in Angola in Africa, and how a short-term intervention escalated into a lengthy war of intervention.

It clearly details how in January 1965 Cuba formed an alliance with the Angolan MPLA which evolved into the flagship of its global 'internationalist' mission, spawning the military intervention of November 1975 culminating in Cuba's spurious 'victory' at Cuito Cuanavale and Cuba's fifteen-year occupation of Angola.

Drawing on interviews with leading protagonists, first-hand accounts and archive material from Cuba, Angola and South Africa, this new book dispels the myths of the Cuban intervention, revealing that Havana's decision to intervene was not so much an heroic gesture of solidarity, but rather a last-ditch gamble to avert disaster. By examining Cuba's role in the Angolan War in a global context, this book demonstrates how the interaction between the many players in Angola shaped and affected Cuba's intervention as it headed towards its controversial conclusion.

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What Else is There?
For whatever reason, this intervention, virtually the only non-Western military adventure in a non-neighboring state that I know of, gets little attention from the military pundits. Cuba's ideologically driven support for the MPLA was driven by Castro's conviction that a socialist setback anywhere put their revolution at risk. The author provides a detailed description of the military activities of the principal protagonists, Cuba and South Africa, but the question of the "victor" at Cuito Cuinavale cannot be a strictly bullets-and-blood analysis. The bottom line, despite the other reviewer's opinion, is that Cuba was the great winner of this war and apartheid South Africa the crippled, sooon-to-be-extinct loser. Namibia was freed, the MPLA prevailed and the racist government in Pretoria dethroned in short order. Furthermore, Cuba's prestige was enhanced immeasurably as a defender of third world socialist regimes. The sad fact remains that, despite this historic triumph of the Cuban and Angolan people, their primary financial benefactor, the USSR, was already on the ropes themselves, about to precede the white South African state on the ash heap of history. But Cuba, despite the dire prognostications, has survived to defy the tottering imperialist to the north, whose own days appear numbered as a great power, if not as a nation-state. We shall see which ideology has the last laugh.

Castro's Intervention in Angola, 1965-1991
This is a very balanced book. The author did 8 years of research, and interviewed participants from each side, covering South Africa, UK, USA and Cuba. He actually made many trips to Cuba and spent a long time talking with Angola's veterans.

He dismisses many inflated casualty numbers coming from both sides. The author exposes Castro's intervention in Angola as nothing more than a desperate attempt to prevent the total defeat of the MPLA, and capture as much land as possible to strengthen the MAPLA militarily legitimacy, as well as their position as the "representative" of its people, while helping the Marxist group to overpower the two other liberation movements UNITA and FNLA before the national election. Castro used the Cubans troops and the military support of the Russians to intervene and extend a civil war, where the Cubans didn't belong.

As well, the author dismissed all claims of the Cuban troops defeating the South Africans and pushing them out of Angola and into (South West Africa) Namibia in Operation General Antonio Maceo in April 1976. In reality, the South Africans had already withdrawn under pressure from their own politicians, so the Cubans were basically fighting against the weak UNITA forces, holding towns given to them by the South Africans Defense Forces.

The only Cuban-FAPLA victories were when they defeated the FLEC-Zairian forces and forced them across the border, in the battle for Cabinda. The FNLA was unquestionably defeated at Quifangondo and the South African Foxbat were ambushed at Ebo and forced to retreat with light casualties. The South African-UNITA with inferior forces destroyed the SWAPO-FAPLA-Cubans and achieved almost every military objective. They used clever strategies to outsmart the enemy, inflicting high casualties while sustaining minimal ones, in a ratio almost unheard of in military history. They lost the political battle but not the military one.

Someday Castro's propaganda version of the Cuban intervention in Angola will come to an end, and history will be corrected, exposing to the world the crushing military victories the South African army achieved over SWAPO and FAPLA-Cubans, with numerically smaller forces like Catengue (November 1975), Cassinga (May 1978), Cuvelai (January 1984), the Lomba river (September-October 1988), Tchipa (June 1988) etc.

The truth will come out as well about the controversial battle of Cuito Cuanavales. After the South Africans gave incredible blow after blow, producing high casualties to the FAPLA-Cubans forces, that were forced to retrieve 250 miles in their failed attempt to advance into Jamba-UNITA Head Quartes.

One of the things that saved the remainder of the retreating Cubans-MAPLA from total annihilation, was the rotation of the South African fighting forces after the end of a military services cyscle, that gave the Marxist enough time to hunker down on the other side of the Cuito River, after laying a giant minefield. Their only counter attack was by some Cubans tanks in what seem to be a suicidal or very ill planned mission because they were easily picked apart and destroyed by their South African counterparts. The MAPLA-Cubans didn't force South Africans to withdrawn or defeat them by any means. They just defended their position against a few South African-UNITA attacks, saving themselves from the final South African onslaught, but that was it!!!

This became a golden opportunity for Castro to run his propaganda machinery around the world, proclaiming a victory that wasn't there and capitalizing on the opportunity to leave Angola with some kind of dignity after so many years of constant defeat on the battlefield. Castro left Angola with UNITA stronger than ever after so many years of failed attempts to destroy them.

I strongly recommend this book for those that want to read some serious research of what really took place during Castro's intervention in Angola. ... Read more

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"The goodliest land that eye ever saw, the sweetest thing in the world."

Such was Columbus' opinion of Cuba, just after he first beheld it, and, after the lapse of four hundred years, the words, making due allowance for the hyperbole of enthusiasm, still hold good. And this, too, in spite of all the trials and tribulations which the fair "Pearl of the Antilles" has been forced to undergo at the hands of her greedy and inhuman masters.

The eyes of all the world are now upon this indescribably beautiful and fertile country. Like Andromeda, she has been shuddering and gasping in the power of a monster, but at last a Perseus has come to her rescue. Somewhat tardily perhaps the United States, united now in every meaning of the word, has from pure philanthropy embraced her cause--the United States whose watchword, with a sturdy hatred of the oppressor, has ever been and always will be "freedom." The star of hope, symbolized by the lone star upon the Cuban flag, and so long concealed by gloomy, threatening clouds, is now shining clear and bright; and all civilization is waiting with happy confidence for the day, God willing not far distant, when "Cuba Libre" shall be not only an article of creed, but an established fact.

The island of Cuba, the largest and richest of the West Indian Islands, and up to the present the most important of Spain's colonial possessions, not so vast as they once were but still of no inconsiderable value, was discovered by Columbus during his first voyage to the far west.

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Are all immigrants from the same home country best understood as a homogeneous group of foreign-born? Or do they differ in their adaptation and transnational ties depending on when they emigrated and with what lived experiences? Between Castro’s rise to power in 1959 and the early twenty-first century more than a million Cubans immigrated to the United States. While it is widely known that Cuban émigrés have exerted a strong hold on Washington policy toward their homeland, Eckstein uncovers a fascinating paradox: the recent arrivals, although poor and politically weak, have done more to transform their homeland than the influential and prosperous early exiles who have tried for half a century to bring the Castro regime to heel. The impact of the so-called New Cubans is an unintended consequence of the personal ties they maintain with family in Cuba, ties the first arrivals oppose.

This historically-grounded, nuanced book offers a rare in-depth analysis of Cuban immigrants’ social, cultural, economic, and political adaptation, their transformation of Miami into the "northern most Latin American city," and their cross-border engagement and homeland impact. Eckstein accordingly provides new insight into the lives of Cuban immigrants, into Cuba in the post Soviet era, and into how Washington’s failed Cuba policy might be improved. She also posits a new theory to deepen the understanding not merely of Cuban but of other immigrant group adaptation.

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Title: The Cold War.(1961 Cuban Missile Crisis)(Chronology)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Airman (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: 14(16)

Article Type: Chronology

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more