Contains twelve essays about U.S. foreign policy on Cuba, discussing the embargo's effects on students, if Cuba is a threat to the U.S., the Helms-Burton Act, travel bans, and other related topics.
the Kennedys, the Castros, and the politics of murder
Russo, Gus
2008
Presents a dramatic retelling of the time before, during, and after the killing of John F. Kennedy, using breakthrough reporting and interviews with long-silent sources.
Draws from records made available since the collapse of the Soviet Union to reexamine the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, revealing just how close the United States came to engaging in nuclear war.
Presents a biography of Fidel Castro, discussing his early life and schooling, his activities as a revolutionary, and his leadership of Cuba, and examining some of the major events that have occurred during his years in power.
Castro, the missile crisis, and the Soviet collapse
Blight, James G
2002
Presents an account of a 1992 conference at which representatives from Cuba--including Fidel Castro, the former Soviet Union, and the United States, met to discuss the causes and course of the Cuban Missile Conference on the occasion of its fortieth anniversary.
Provides an overview of the major factors that contributed to the revolutionary actions taken in the 1950s by Fidel Castro, and US relations with Cuba over the years.
A collection of letters, speeches, journal entries, and other source material provides an overview of Cuban history and a survey of the relations between the United States and Cuba since the end of World War II.
