Cuban revolution reader; a documentary history of Fidel Castro's revolution, 2d ed.

9781920888893

Cuban revolution reader; a documentary history of Fidel Castro's revolution, 2d ed.

Ed. by Julio Garcia Luis.

Ocean Press

2008

392 pages

$21.95

Paperback

F1788

Presented by Garcia-Luis (dean, School of Social Communication, U. of Havana, Cuba), this documentary reader collects materials from the political history of Cuba from the Revolution to the beginnings of the 21st century. Included are speeches and writings from Fidel Castro and other revolutionary leaders, the texts of important laws, government communiques, United States Senate committee reports on Cuba, articles from the Cuban periodical Granma, and even an address by Pope John Paul II on the occasion of his 1998 visit to Cuba. The material is organized according to 45 moments of Cuban political history, including Fidel Castro's entering Havana following the triumph of the revolution, agrarian reform, nationalization of US companies, the Bay of Pigs, the national literacy campaign, the Vietnam War, the death of Che Guevara, operations in Angola, the "Special Period" following the loss of the Soviet Union as an economic benefactor, and the Elian Gonzalez case. Distributed in the US by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution.

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