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Author: Julia Sweig (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, LBJ School, University of Texas)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 22.90cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 14.60cm
Weight: 0.562kg
ISBN: 9780190620363
ISBN 10: 0190620366
Pages: 378
Publication Date: 02 March 2017
Audience:
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Excellent and... evenhanded.... [It] packs a phenomenal amount of complex history into clear and simple prose. --Los Angeles Times (review of the first edition) Sweig's useful ready reference is highly recommended. --Library Journal (review of the first edition) Splendid...Sweig displays a talent for succinctness and clarity, as well as a subtle, deep knowledge of Cuban affairs. --Foreign Affairs (review of the first edition) For several years, Julia Sweig, America's premier expert on Cuba, has been my guide for all matters related to this beautiful, cursed, and consequential island nation. This book - economical, information-packed, and exceedingly well-written - is Sweig's indispensable contribution to our knowledge of Cuba at a particularly tumultuous time in its history. --Jeffrey Goldberg, National Correspondent, The Atlantic
Splendid...Sweig displays a talent for succinctness and clarity, as well as a subtle, deep knowledge of Cuban affairs. * Foreign Affairs (review of the first edition) * Sweig's useful ready reference is highly recommended. * Library Journal (review of the first edition) * Excellent and... evenhanded.... [It] packs a phenomenal amount of complex history into clear and simple prose. * Los Angeles Times (review of the first edition) *
Excellent and... evenhanded... [It] packs a phenomenal amount of complex history into clear and simple prose. Los Angeles Times (review of the first edition) Sweig's useful ready reference is highly recommended. Library Journal (review of the first edition) Splendid...Sweig displays a talent for succinctness and clarity, as well as a subtle, deep knowledge of Cuban affairs. Foreign Affairs (review of the first edition)
Author Information
Julia E. Sweig is Senior Research Fellow at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. She is the award-winning author of several other books, including Inside the Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground, for which she won the American Historical Association Herbert Feis Award for best book of the year by an independent scholar. She has been traveling to and writing about Cuba since 1984. She lives with her family outside of Washington, DC.
