Bay of Pigs Declassified: The Secret CIA Report on the Invasion of Cuba (National Security Archive Documents ...3 reviews
Peter Kornbluh

New Press, 1998

Bay Of Pigs Declassified 2

+ A typical 'government' job

this is my second report on the book bay of pigs declassified as I don't think my first was quite fair I found fault in that he didn't say any thing about my unit of 45 people I think we were the only ones know one knew about. every one else had been given away. but that didn't help we were ...
  
  











  



  
Cuba on the Verge: An Island in Transition11 reviews
Arthur Miller

Bulfinch, 2003

A MASTERPIECE

+ Americans in Cuba
+ Vividly Rendered and Aptly Titled Portrayal of a Fascinating Country in Flux
+ Pleased
  
  











  



  
Cuba (Country Guide)6 reviews
Brendan Sainsbury

Lonely Planet, 2006

One of Lonely Planet's few BESTS

+ Nearly Excellent Resource for the Uninitiated
+ great buy

I had used Lonely Planet on several trips where some of them were disappointing and not so much "guiding". Yet, this Cuba guide made our trip to visit the "real" Cuba our most memorable with sufficient information on each major and minor city. From Havana to the far end of Baracoa, the guide has ...
  
  











  



  
Letters of Love & Hope: The Story of the Cuban Five
Nancy Morejon

Ocean Press, 2005

Introduced by Alice Walker and with a preface by Cuban poet Nancy Morejn, this book includes excerpts from diaries and letters from and to children, wives, and parents of the five Cubans imprisoned in the United States for "espionage," providing a glimpse of how ordinary families strive to maintain connections in extraordinary circumstances. It also includes a succinct legal analysis of the ...
  
  











  



  
War, Racism and Economic Justice: The Global Ravages of Capitalism7 reviews
Fidel Castro

Ocean Press, 2002

One of the most important voices of our time

+ History Will Absolve
+ not hard to believe & easy to read

"War, Racism and Economic Injustice" is not a treatise on the title subject per se but rather is a collection of speeches delivered by Fidel Castro between January 2000 and November 2001. In these coherent and passionate presentations, Mr. Castro distinguishes himself as possibly the most ...
  
  











  



  
Cuba: A New History (Yale Nota Bene)8 reviews
Richard Gott

Yale University Press, 2005

Ignore the disinformation

+ Edit of Richard Gott: always a literary Sendero Luminoso

-- of those one-star reviews. They have their own biases and axes to grind, as they link you to rightwing websites full of lies and distortions of their own. These folks want to squelch and slander anyone with a differing point of view, especially regarding Cuba. When talking about "agents of ...
  
  











  



  
Greening of the Revolution: Cuba's Experiment with Organic Agriculture3 reviews
Peter Rossett, Medea Benjamin

Ocean Press, 2002

First-rate scientific and social examination of Cuba's agric

+ should be required text

Cuba's social and economic systems have been in crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The prime concern of the country is how to feed its citizens so that every member has an adequate and nutritious diet. Rosset and Benjamin's scientific delegation to Cuba examined the history leading up ...
  
  











  



  
Mafia in Havana7 reviews
Enrique Cirules

Ocean Press, 2003

Meyer Lansky the Mafia financier and my favorite mobster

Although all the information in this book is against the United States and the capitalism system, I find it very amusing. The book tells all about the corruption (no different from other countries) in the good old days in free Cuba. The author Mr. Cirules does not mention any thing about his own ...
  
  











  



  
Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Red Zone Cuba65 reviews
Trace Beaulieu, Patrick Brantseg

Rhino Theatrical, 2002

Seven Who Blundered

+ Water....Sick Man...
+ ANOTHER COLEMAN FRANCIS MASTERPIECE
+ Savour the badness
  
  











  



  
Cuba Represent!: Cuban Arts, State Power, and the Making of New Revolutionary Cultures
Sujatha Fernandes

Duke University Press, 2006

In Cuba something curious has happened over the past fifteen years. The government has allowed vocal criticism of its policies to be expressed within the arts. Filmmakers, rappers, and visual and performance artists have addressed sensitive issues including bureaucracy, racial and gender discrimination, emigration, and alienation. How can this vibrant body of work be reconciled with the standard ...
  
  











  



  
Guantanamo: What the World Should Know (A politics of the living book)7 reviews
Michael Ratner, Ellen Ray

Arris Books, 2004

Good account of the USA's concentration camp at Guantanamo

+ Explains why the June 2008 Supreme Court decision is in line with the U.S. Constitution
+ Must Read
+ highly relevant, well written
+ The True Story Behind an American Gulag
  
  











  



  
Che Guevara Talks to Young People4 reviews
Ernesto Guevara, Mary-Alice Waters

Pathfinder, 2000

Outstanding contribution to Maxist studies for young readers

+ rebel's handbook
+ Rebel Youth Of 21st Century:Che Speaks To You !
+ Ideas needed as much now as when Che Spoke
  
  











  



  
The Zenith Secret: A CIA Insider Exposes the Secret War Against Cuba and the Plots that Killed the Kennedy ...8 reviews
Bradley Earl Ayers

Vox Pop, 2007

A very important book despite its limitations

+ Not Intended As A Straightforward Conspiracy Theory Text...
+ The Zenith Secret by Bradley Ayers - very good read

Captain Ayers is the primary researcher of the life and career of career CIA rambo David Morales. This alone makes The Zenith Secret a must read for anyone interested in understanding how the American republic was put to sleep in the postwar era by its patriots. The evidence re complicity of ...
  
  











  



  
Inside Cuba6 reviews
Angelika Taschen

Taschen, 2006

Forgotten jewel splashed to pages

+ One of the most valuable Cuban Architectural books in my library
+ The Lost Island
+ Inside Cuba
+ Another view on Cuba
  
  











  



  
Cuban Hip-Hop All Stars, Vol. 14 reviews
Various Artists

Papaya, 2002

A Whole New World Has Unfolded

+ Very Well Done!
+ Good Start!
+ Canýt stop playing this CD.
  
  











  



  
Fidel Castro Reader1 review
Fidel Castro

Ocean Press, 2007

Finally. And Forever.

At last. A work we have long been waiting for from Ocean Press has finally arrived. And it is a text which will be read for centuries to come by the English-reading world. Fidel Castro was the greatest and most human leader of the 20th Century. In this book, in presentation after presentation, ...
  
  











  



  
Cuba: A Revolution in Motion5 reviews
Isaac Saney

Zed Books, 2004

One of the most remarkable stories of our time

+ INSIGHTS INTO A DIFFERENT WORKING PARADIGM
+ all you ever wanted to know about Cuba

"Cuba: A Revolution in Motion" by Isaac Saney offers a balanced, intelligent and highly accessible look at the current condition of the Cuban Revolution. Professor Saney's work shatters the mainstream caricature of Cuba as a nation that history has left behind. To the contrary, the author describes ...
  
  











  



  
Cuba: Picturing Change2 reviews
Louis A.,Jr. Perez, Ambrosio Fornet

University of New Mexico Press, 2002

Excellent Photography and Insight into Cuba!

+ Beauty, spirit & mystery

I was drawn to the book by the powerful and fun photographic images. Ledbetter does an outstanding job capturing the images of Cuban life in a way that allows you to both celebrate it and to empathise with the struggle of the Cuban people. The Essays are an unexpected extra in a book of this ...
  
  











  



  
The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics (Latin America Readers)2 reviews
Paula Pettavino, Steve Fainaru, ...

Duke University Press, 2003

A True Picture of Cuban History

+ Cuban Documentary History...

I have always been interested in Cuba, but I have tended to focus on the Health System there and have learned very little about Cuba before Castro and the revolution. This book gives an overall picture of Cuba as it developed through the years from all different perspectives, both positive and ...
  
  











  



  
Che Guevara and the FBI: U.S. Political Police Dossier on the Latin American Revolutionary3 reviews

Ocean Press, 1997

Extremely interesting documents from CIA and FBI on Che.

+ Let The Truth Be Told

A great book documenting how the US spied on Che and what the CIA and FBI thought about him, Cuba and Latin America. Of all the recent books on Che this is the only one to reproduce authentic documents reflecting contemporaneous material. We could not put it down.