Midwest Book Review
Cuba And The United States is a chronological history of U. S. historian Jane Franklin is an invaluable resource for scholars, teachers, journalists, legislators, and anyone interest in international relations, offering an unprecedented vision of American-Cuban relations. Cuba watchers will wonder how they got along without it. Based on exceptionally wide research, this updated and expanded history relates day by day, year by year, the developments involving the two neighboring countries from the 1959 Cuban revolution through 1995. An introductory section chronicles the history of Cuba from the time of the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Indispensable as a reference guide, Cuba And The United States is also an eye-opening narrative, interrelating major crises with seemingly minor or secret episodes in this always turbulent and controversial relationship. Cuba And The United States is the finest single volume historical references on Cuban/American relations available today.