Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Raúl Castro and the new Cuba Raúl Castro and the new Cuba Harlan Abrahams "This work includes expert analysis and narrative accounts from current Cuban citizens to explore economic, political, legal, and social changes occurring in Cuba under Raúl Castro's presidency. Issu… OL16142522W
Cuba, the continuing revolution Cuba, the continuing revolution Gil Green 120 pages ; 21 cm OL19059770W
The other side of paradise The other side of paradise Julia Cooke "Over a period of five years, beginning when Fidel Castro stepped down from his presidency after almost a half-century of reign, journalist Julia Cooke embedded herself in Cuba, gaining access to a d… OL19733634W
Fidel Castro Fidel Castro Nick Caistor This is a non-partisan biography of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro, which gives readers the opportunity to judge for themselves his character and views. The book presents the events of his life and… OL19964761W
La Americana La Americana Melanie Bowden Simón "'La Americana' is the story of Melanie Bowden Simon, who, at the age of twenty-five, left her job at Tina Brown's 'Talk' magazine following the death of her mother and decided to travel to Havana, C… OL20035345W
No Barrier Can Contain It No Barrier Can Contain It Ariel Mae Lambe xvi, 310 pages : 24 cm OL21208798W
Che for beginners Che for beginners Sergio Sinay 184 pages : 23 cm OL2475809W
Bay of Pigs Bay of Pigs Peter Wyden An account of the American attempt to overthrow the Castro government in Cuba through an invasion of the island in 1961. OL2726616W
El anarquismo en Cuba El anarquismo en Cuba Frank Fernández ¿Qué es la historia? Actualmente se ha planteado la necesidad de redefinir la historia de un país, enfocando el devenir del pueblo. La pregunta es aún más urgente al referirse a Cuba, no solamente po… OL3531277W
The problem of democracy in Cuba The problem of democracy in Cuba Carollee Bengelsdorf "A belated, but nontheless very good effort to explore the irreconocilable tension between democracy and authoritarian, paternalist socialism in revolutionary Cuba. Informed by critical Marxism, book… OL3910216W
Fidel Castro and the quest for a revolutionary culture in Cuba Fidel Castro and the quest for a revolutionary culture in Cuba Julie Marie Bunck "An excellent study of political culture, emphasizing cultural and normative resistance to revolutionary values, norms, and goals. Challenges much of the scholarship that maintained that revolution p… OL3916928W
Fidel! Fidel! Sheldon B. Liss "Little more than a hagiography from a prominent scholar, written from a less-than-critical perspective. Book emphasizes Castro's 'political and social thoughts,' and author states that 'fundamentall… OL3942585W
La guerra de guerrillas La guerra de guerrillas Che Guevara,Harry "Pombo" Villegas,Brian Loveman,Jason Manuel Olazabal,Davies, Thomas M., Jr. **Guerrilla Warfare** (Spanish: *La Guerra de Guerrillas*) is a military handbook written by Marxist revolutionary *Che Guevara*. Published in 1961 following the Cuban Revolution, it became a referen… OL63448W
Without Fidel Without Fidel Ann Louise Bardach An eye-opening account of the last chapter in the life of Fidel Castro: his near death, his enemies and their fifty-year failed battle to eliminate him, and the carefully planned succession and early… OL7986387W
Democracy Delayed Democracy Delayed Juan J. López "More than a decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Castro remains in power, with no sign that the Cuban government or economy is moving toward liberalization. In Democracy Delayed, political scie… OL8396740W