A History of the Cuban Revolution

Talking about freedom.

Scholars weigh in.

Why revolution?

Comparing capitalism and socialism.

Latin American attitudes.

Chapter 1: Cuba through 1959.

Colonial history.

The colony in the republic.

Revolution: a war, or a process?

Chapter 2: Experiments with Socialism.

Analyzing the situation: economic backwardness.

The 1960s: Experimentation and the Great Debate.

The 1970s: Institutionalization and the Soviet Model.

Democracy: U.S.- and Cuban-style.

Cuba in the 1970s: how it worked.

1986: Rectification.

How democratic was Cuban socialism?

Chapter 3: The Cuban Revolution and the World: Relations with the United States.

The U.S. and Cuba.

In their own words: US policymakers respond to revolution.

Covert War: Up to the Bay of Pigs.

Covert war: After the Bay of Pigs.

The Missile Crisis.

After the Missile Crisis.

The war continues.

Chapter 4: The Cuban Revolution and the World:  Emigration and Internationalism.

Miami.

Cuba’s global reach:  beyond the Cold War.

Cuba and black internationalism.

Cuba in Africa and Latin America.

Civilian aid missions.

Chapter 5: Art, Culture and Revolution.

Literature.

Film.

Sport.

Dance.

Political culture.

Food.

Chapter 6: Cuba Diversa.

Race.

Gender.

Sexuality.

Religion.

Chapter 7: The "Special Period": Socialism on One Island.

1993-1995: Rapidfire reforms.

Charting new territory.

Contradictions: inequality and jineterismo.

Opting to leave: the 1994 exodus.

Debate and its limits during the 1990s.

Chapter 8: Cuba into the 21^st Century.

From perfeccionamiento to recentralization.

Civil society into the new century.

Disillusionment.

Bush-era policies.

Cuba, Venezuela and the ALBA.

Cuba after Fidel.

Conclusion.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.