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Gedda, George

Cuba : the audacious revolution / George Gedda - London: G. Gedda, 2011 - 329 p.; 23 cm

American senators come to town --
The succession --
Transportation woes --
No room to spare --
Socio-economic review --
The Cuban media --
Tough times --
Guns rule --
A small nation thinks big --
A diplomatic link is established --
Committees for the defense --
Afro-Cubans --
Artemisa --
Regla --
Cuba's immigrants --
The militants --
The U.S. and Batista --
Cuban baseball --
Addendum 1. Excerpts from Castro speech in 2003 --
Quotes from Fidel --
Essay on Che --
Addendum 2. The would-be m̌igr -̌-
Leaving --
A security guard's story --
Looking for food --
Shoes --
Misbehaving males --
An insider's critique --
Milk --
Dentist --
Questions --Addendum 3. The photographer.

Chronicles daily and political life in Cuba by a veteran Latin American correspondent who covered the State Department for the Associated Press, including stories and eyewitness accounts of Gedda's over 31 visits to Cuba since 1974.


ISBN: 9781456480226

Subjects--Personal Names:
Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Cuba --Historia --1959-1990

LC Class. No.: 107 F 1788 / G295c 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 972.9106