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,
“... king, bad advisers’ idea retained a surprising currency. This view is broadly confirmed by Marifeli Pérez-Stable, who, in The Cuban Revolution, concludes that the Cuban Government retained an undetermined level of popular support. For many citizens, breaking with the Government meant breaking with their lives: they had grown up or were young ... ”
