Cuba Down at Heel
Laurence Whitehead, 8 June 1995
The Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Documents
Brassey (US), 376 pp., £15.95, March 1994,9780028810836 Show More
Brassey (US), 376 pp., £15.95, March 1994,
The Cuban Revolution: Origin, Course and Legacy
by Marifeli Pérez-Stable.
Oxford, 252 pp., £16.95, April 1994,0 19 508406 3 Show More
by Marifeli Pérez-Stable.
Oxford, 252 pp., £16.95, April 1994,
Cuba on the Brink: Castro, the Missile Crisis and the Soviet Collapse
by James Blight, Bruce Allyn and David Welch.
Pantheon, 509 pp., $27.50, November 1993,0 679 42149 1 Show More
by James Blight, Bruce Allyn and David Welch.
Pantheon, 509 pp., $27.50, November 1993,
Castro’s Final Hour: The Secret Story Behind the Coming Downfall of Communist Cuba
by Andrés Oppenheimer.
Simon and Schuster, 474 pp., $25, July 1992,0 671 72873 3 Show More
by Andrés Oppenheimer.
Simon and Schuster, 474 pp., $25, July 1992,
Revolution in the Balance: Law and Society in Contemporary Cuba
by Debra Evenson.
Westview, 235 pp., £48.50, June 1994,0 8133 8466 4 Show More
by Debra Evenson.
Westview, 235 pp., £48.50, June 1994,
The Problem of Democracy in Cuba: Between Vision and Reality
by Carollee Bengelsdorf.
Oxford, 238 pp., £32.50, July 1994,0 19 505826 7 Show More
by Carollee Bengelsdorf.
Oxford, 238 pp., £32.50, July 1994,
Back from the Future: Cuba under Castro
by Susan Eva Eckstein.
Princeton, 286 pp., £25, October 1994,0 691 03445 1 Show More
by Susan Eva Eckstein.
Princeton, 286 pp., £25, October 1994,
Healing the Masses: Cuban Health Politics at Home and Abroad
by Julie Feinsilver.
California, 307 pp., £35, November 1993,0 520 08218 4 Show More
by Julie Feinsilver.
California, 307 pp., £35, November 1993,
Contesting Castro: The United States and the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution
by Thomas Paterson.
Oxford, 364 pp., £22.50, July 1994,0 19 508630 9 Show More
by Thomas Paterson.
Oxford, 364 pp., £22.50, July 1994,
“... so many, both on the island and off, independently of its achievement or even its feasibility? Julie Feinsilver’s study of Cuban health policies helps to explain why the aspirations, and to some extent the actual achievements, of the regime have touched such a chord. Again, how was it that Batista could be toppled so easily, and his legacy after ... ”
