Cuba - A New History

Informationen zum Autor Richard Gott , a British journalist and historian with many years' experience in Latin America, first visited Cuba in 1963 and has reported from the island many times since. He is the author of the classic work on post-Castro revolutionary movements , Guerrilla Movements in Latin America, and most recently of In the Shadow of the Liberator: Hugo Chavez and the Transformation of Venezuela. Klappentext In this acute and profoundly engaged exploration of Cuban history, British journalist Richard Gott illuminates the island's entire revolutionary past, from pre-Columbian times to the present. He emphasizes little-known aspects of Cuba's early centuries and provides an extraordinary account of Castro's regime, its lonely survival in the post-Soviet years, and its expected future. "Gott is always an interesting, well-informed, and engaging writer.""--Foreign Affairs "Written with verve and scholarship, . . . the best history [of Cuba] yet."--Ian Thomson, "Saturday Telegraph "Gott's invaluable [book] dispels many convenient myths."--Adam Feinstein, "Guardian "Accessible and well researched."--Richard Lapper, "Financial Times "Told with simplicity and a fresh synthesis. . . . A wonderful account combining powerful journalistic skills and insightful scholarship."--Eliseo Cardona, "South Florida Sun-Sentinel "Highly recommended.""--Library Journal

Product details

• Authors: Richard Gott
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.03.2006
• EAN: 9780300111149
• ISBN: 978-0-300-11114-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Yale Nota Bene; Yale Nota Bene
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Cuba, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba, History of the Americas