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Item Details
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REVOLUTIONARY CUBA
A HISTORY |
| By: |
Luis Martinez-Fernandez |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£32.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0813062012 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780813062013 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA |
| Pub. date: |
30 December, 2015 |
| Pages: |
408 |
| Description: |
Beginning with Batista's coup in 1952, which catalyzed the rebels, and concluding with present-day transformations initiated under Raul Castro, Revolutionary Cuba provides a balanced analytical synthesis of all the major topics of contemporary Cuban history. This book offers a comprehensive survey of the socialist movement that forever changed Cuba and the world. |
| Synopsis: |
Beginning with Batista's coup in 1952, which catalyzed the rebels, and concluding with present-day transformations initiated under Raul Castro, Revolutionary Cuba provides a balanced analytical synthesis of all the major topics of contemporary Cuban history.Luis Martinez-Fernandez examines the circumstances that allowed the revolution to consolidate in the early 1960s, the Soviet influence throughout the latter part of the Cold War, and the struggle to survive the catastrophic Special Period of the 1990s after the collapse of the U.S.S.R. This book offers a comprehensive survey of the socialist movement that forever changed Cuba and the world. |
| Illustrations: |
32 black & white illustrations, 4 tables |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University Press of Florida |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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