This study describes why Cuban communism has been misperceived and misunderstood abroad. Concealed behind Marxist-Leninist rhetoric and Castro's autocratic single-party rule has been a government promoting a cradle-to-grave welfare state, tolerating market reforms, foreign investment, Western trade and hard currency "internationalism". Not only has Castro's Cuba been less ideologically driven by Marxist-Leninist orthodoxy than has heretofore been believed, it also has been less omnipotent. Drawing on interviews, personal observations, and primary sources, this book demonstrates the need for a revisionist view of Cuba and, by implication, other Communist regimes.
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Back From the Future is arguably the best sociological book on the origins and evolution of the Cuban revolutionary experiment. The book provides an invaluable guide, for expert and neophyte alike, of the complexities and paradoxes of this unique national phenomenon.
–Alejandro Portes, co-author of Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation
A decade after the Cold War's end, those who worship and loathe Fidel Castro are still debating the Cuban revolution's legacy. Eckstein side-steps this sterile debate and offers a superb historical and comparative evaluation. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to know where Cuba has come, and where it is going.
–Robert A. Pastor, author of Not Condemned to Repetition: The United States and Nicaragua --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
–Alejandro Portes, co-author of Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation
A decade after the Cold War's end, those who worship and loathe Fidel Castro are still debating the Cuban revolution's legacy. Eckstein side-steps this sterile debate and offers a superb historical and comparative evaluation. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to know where Cuba has come, and where it is going.
–Robert A. Pastor, author of Not Condemned to Repetition: The United States and Nicaragua --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A rich analysis of the Cuban revolution. Susan Eckstein's book is more balanced, integrated, and penetrating than many previous texts and has the potential of being the single best overall interpretation of the Cuban revolution. Eckstein delivers a comprehensive and insightful interpretation of Castro's Cuba.
(Andrew Zimbalist, Smith College ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
(Andrew Zimbalist, Smith College ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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- The Cuban Revolution: Past, Present and Future Perspectives by Geraldine Lievesley on 4 pages
- The History of Cuba (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations) by Clifford L. Staten on page 106, page 122, and Back Matter
- The History of Cuba (Palgrave Essential Histories) by Clifford L. Staten on page 107, page 123, and Back Matter
- Fidel Castro: A Biography by Volker Skierka in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers) by Aviva Chomsky on page 607, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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