Kuba

Perhaps not in casualties but as far as prestige and standing in the world were concerned, the Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961 was the worst disaster to befall the USA since the War …

On a late September day in 1837, shortly after sunset, a group of six slaves marched into the small Cuban village of Guira de Melena, beating African drums and singing loudly. …

Capitalism and Socialism in Cuba documents the history of the attempts by a small island nation to survive and gain respectability within an everchanging international political …

As Cuba industrialized in the nineteenth century, an epochal realignment of the social order occurred. In this period of change, two seemingly disparate, yet nevertheless …

'A penetrating account of Cuban history ... [an] extraordinary book'MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT, US Secretary of State, 1997-2001'This is a splendid book, which narrates the tragedy of a …

Florida Historical Society Samuel Proctor AwardFrom the interviews:"e;My [pregnant] wife once asked me, How is it possible you are not thinking of your child? I told her, It …

In 1962, the 20 years young Monika from East Germany marries the "youngest Captain in the world" and moves to Cuba, a country with a very different climate, culture, and customs. …

The current international media coverage of immigrants risking their lives to emigrate to a free country makes my personal story meaningful, educational, and relevant. A cruise to …

This comprehensive volume gathers foremost experts on the coral reefs of Cuba who represent a spectrum of disciplines, including biology, conservation ecology, economics and …

For decades, the CIA's top secret postmortem on the April 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion has been the holy grail of historians, students, and survivors of the failed invasion of Cuba. …