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Cuba (Winner Of The Pulitzer Prize) An American History
Cuba (Winner Of The Pulitzer Prize) An American History
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Description: Winner OF THE Pulitzer Prize IN History Winner OF THE LOS Angeles Times BOOK Prize IN History Full of lively insights and lucid prose (The Wall Street Journal) an epic sweeping history of Cuba and its complex ties to the United States from before the arrival of Columbus to the present day written by one of the world's leading historians of Cuba. In 1961, at the height of the Cold War the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba where a momentous revolution had taken power three years earlier. For more than half a century the stand - off continued through the tenure of ten American presidents and the fifty - year rule of Fidel Castro. His death in 2016, and the retirement of his brother and successor Ra l Castro in 2021, have spurred questions about the country's future. Meanwhile politics in Washington Barack Obama's opening to the island Donald Trump's reversal of that policy and the election of Joe Biden have made the relationship between the two nations a subject of debate once more. Now award - winning historian Ada Ferrer delivers an important (The Guardian) and moving chronicle that demands a new reckoning with both the island's past and its relationship with the United States. Spanning more than five centuries Cuba: An American History provides us with a front - row seat as we witness the evolution of the modern nation with its dramatic record of conquest and colonization of slavery and freedom of independence and revolutions made and unmade. Along the way Ferrer explores the sometimes surprising often troubled intimacy between the two countries documenting not only the influence of the United States on Cuba but also the many ways the island has been a recurring presence in US affairs. This is a story that will give Americans unexpected insights into the history of their own nation and in so doing help them imagine a new relationship with Cuba; readers will close this fascinating book with a sense of hope (The Economist). Filled with rousing stories and characters and drawing on more than thirty years of research in Cuba Spain and the United States as well as the author's own extensive travel to the island over the same period this is a stunning and monumental account like no other.
Title: Cuba (Winner Of The Pulitzer Prize) An American History
Author(s): Ferrer Ada
Publisher: Scribner
Barcode: 9781501154553
Pages: 576 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 9/7/2021
Category: Regional & National History
Description: Winner OF THE Pulitzer Prize IN History Winner OF THE LOS Angeles Times BOOK Prize IN History Full of lively insights and lucid prose (The Wall Street Journal) an epic sweeping history of Cuba and its complex ties to the United States from before the arrival of Columbus to the present day written by one of the world's leading historians of Cuba. In 1961, at the height of the Cold War the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba where a momentous revolution had taken power three years earlier. For more than half a century the stand - off continued through the tenure of ten American presidents and the fifty - year rule of Fidel Castro. His death in 2016, and the retirement of his brother and successor Ra l Castro in 2021, have spurred questions about the country's future. Meanwhile politics in Washington Barack Obama's opening to the island Donald Trump's reversal of that policy and the election of Joe Biden have made the relationship between the two nations a subject of debate once more. Now award - winning historian Ada Ferrer delivers an important (The Guardian) and moving chronicle that demands a new reckoning with both the island's past and its relationship with the United States. Spanning more than five centuries Cuba: An American History provides us with a front - row seat as we witness the evolution of the modern nation with its dramatic record of conquest and colonization of slavery and freedom of independence and revolutions made and unmade. Along the way Ferrer explores the sometimes surprising often troubled intimacy between the two countries documenting not only the influence of the United States on Cuba but also the many ways the island has been a recurring presence in US affairs. This is a story that will give Americans unexpected insights into the history of their own nation and in so doing help them imagine a new relationship with Cuba; readers will close this fascinating book with a sense of hope (The Economist). Filled with rousing stories and characters and drawing on more than thirty years of research in Cuba Spain and the United States as well as the author's own extensive travel to the island over the same period this is a stunning and monumental account like no other.
Title: Cuba (Winner Of The Pulitzer Prize) An American History
Author(s): Ferrer Ada
Publisher: Scribner
Barcode: 9781501154553
Pages: 576 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 9/7/2021
Category: Regional & National History