August 21, 2017

Book Review, Cien Años de Lucha: Narratives of Cuba’s Revolutionary History

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Cien Años de Lucha: Narratives of Cuba’s Revolutionary History
by William M. LeoGrande

Cuba, the Media, and the Challenge of Impartiality
Lamrani Salim Cuba, the Media, and the Challenge of Impartiality. New YorkMonthly Review Press2015.
The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five
Morais Fernando The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five. LondonVerso2015.
Entrepreneurial Cuba: The Changing Policy Landscape
Ritter Archibald R. M. & Henken Ted A. Entrepreneurial Cuba: The Changing Policy Landscape. BoulderLynne Rienner2015.
The Structure of Cuban History: Meaning and Purpose of the Past
Perez Louis A.,Jr. The Structure of Cuban History: Meaning and Purpose of the Past. Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina Press2013.
Visions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption, and Resistance, 1959–1979
Guerra Lillian Visions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption, and Resistance, 1959–1979. Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina Press2012.
Revolutionary Cuba: A History
Martínez-Fernández Luis Revolutionary Cuba: A History. GainesvilleUniversity Press of Florida2014.


“Revolution means . . . changing everything that must be changed,” said Fidel Castro on May 1, 2000. This slogan has become the watchword for the far-reaching changes under way since 2008, when Raúl Castro succeeded Fidel as president.1 In 2011 Cuba embarked upon a fundamental reorganization of the economy as outlined in the Guidelines of the Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution adopted at the Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC, 2011). Then on December 17, 2014, President Castro and President Barack Obama stunned the world by announcing their agreement to begin normalizing U.S.-Cuban relations, setting aside half a century of hostility.







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