Cuba in Revolution by Antoni Kapcia
The recent retirement of Fidel Castro turned the worlds attention towards the island nation of Cuba and the question of what its future holds. Amid the talk and hypothesizing, it is worth taking a moment to consider how Cuba reached this point. The author provides this with his incisive history of Cuba since 1959.
The great strength of this book is that it helps the reader to see beyond the simplistic accounts of such aspects, and to understand the wider contexts that explain the Revolution's survivalThe insight and detail offered here reflect a work that is the product of a sustained scholarly investigation of Cuba. Now professor of Latin American history at the University of Nottingham, Kapcia has been studying Cuba, from outside and from within, for four of the Revolution's five decades of fluctuating fortunes ... Among the approaching anniversary literature, students of Cuba are unlikely to find a more thoughtful or well-informed analysis of half a century of revolutionary change than Kapcia provides in this book. Times Higher Education This much-needed account of the Cuban Revolution spans Cuba's history since Castro came to power in 1959. The problems of a philosophy of continual change combined with a desperate attempt to survive the US trade embargo by clinging to the status quo make for interesting dilemmas. In particular, Professor Kapcia explains the trauma brought about by the collapse of the Soviet Bloc in 1989-91. The book is a handy primer for those looking to the future of Latin America and the current lefty-leaning governments. Diplomat Magazine
Antoni Kapcia is Professor of Latin American History at the University of Nottingham. He is also the author of Cuba: Island of Dreams (2000) and Havana: The Making of Cuban Culture (2005).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781861894021 |
| ISBN 10 | 1861894023 |
| Title | Cuba in Revolution |
| Author | Antoni Kapcia |
| Series | Contemporary Worlds |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Reaktion Books |
| Year published | 2008-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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