Author: Horatio Seymour Rubens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
This volume, first published in 1932, provides material on the history of the various campaigns against the Spanish, together with some political background.
Liberty, the Story of Cuba
Author: Horatio Seymour Rubens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
This volume, first published in 1932, provides material on the history of the various campaigns against the Spanish, together with some political background.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
This volume, first published in 1932, provides material on the history of the various campaigns against the Spanish, together with some political background.
The Story of Cuba: Her Struggles for Liberty
Author: Murat Halstead
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cuba
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cuba
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Cuba in Revolution
Author: Miguel A. Faria
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Give Me Liberty
Author: David E. Hoffman
Publisher: Icon Books
ISBN: 1785789252
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
'A penetrating account of Cuban history ... [an] extraordinary book' MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT, US Secretary of State, 1997-2001 'This is a splendid book, which narrates the tragedy of a Cuban, Oswaldo Payá, who dared to oppose Fidel Castro in communist Cuba, and paid dearly for it. David E. Hoffman's research is magnificent and his biography reads like a great novel' MARIO VARGAS LLOSA The riveting biography of a dissident who defied Castro's dictatorship, and paid with his life. Oswaldo Payá was seven years old when Fidel Castro seized power, promising to create a 'free, democratic, and just Cuba'. But Castro instead created an authoritarian regime and crushed all dissent. The dream of democracy became Payá's life work. Sent to Castro's forced labour camps, he could not stay silent, and formed a pro-democracy movement. After receiving multiple death threats, Payá was killed in a suspicious car accident in 2012. Democracy is in retreat all over the world. Oswaldo Payá showed how to fight for it. His battle was waged from the streets of Havana but carried universal truths.Pulitzer Prize-winner David E. Hoffman, author of the acclaimed The Billion Dollar Spy, tells the compelling story of a courageous dissident in action.
Publisher: Icon Books
ISBN: 1785789252
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
'A penetrating account of Cuban history ... [an] extraordinary book' MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT, US Secretary of State, 1997-2001 'This is a splendid book, which narrates the tragedy of a Cuban, Oswaldo Payá, who dared to oppose Fidel Castro in communist Cuba, and paid dearly for it. David E. Hoffman's research is magnificent and his biography reads like a great novel' MARIO VARGAS LLOSA The riveting biography of a dissident who defied Castro's dictatorship, and paid with his life. Oswaldo Payá was seven years old when Fidel Castro seized power, promising to create a 'free, democratic, and just Cuba'. But Castro instead created an authoritarian regime and crushed all dissent. The dream of democracy became Payá's life work. Sent to Castro's forced labour camps, he could not stay silent, and formed a pro-democracy movement. After receiving multiple death threats, Payá was killed in a suspicious car accident in 2012. Democracy is in retreat all over the world. Oswaldo Payá showed how to fight for it. His battle was waged from the streets of Havana but carried universal truths.Pulitzer Prize-winner David E. Hoffman, author of the acclaimed The Billion Dollar Spy, tells the compelling story of a courageous dissident in action.
Liberty, the Story of Cuba
Author: Horatio Seymour Rubens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cuba
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
This volume, first published in 1932, provides material on the history of the various campaigns against the Spanish, together with some political background.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cuba
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
This volume, first published in 1932, provides material on the history of the various campaigns against the Spanish, together with some political background.
Lion Island
Author: Margarita Engle
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481461125
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This is the story of a young man who became a champion of civil rights for those who could not speak for themselves.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481461125
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This is the story of a young man who became a champion of civil rights for those who could not speak for themselves.
The Billion Dollar Spy
Author: David E. Hoffman
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0345805976
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year • Drawing on previously classified CIA documents and on interviews with firsthand participants, The Billion Dollar Spy is a brilliant feat of reporting and a riveting true story of intrigue in the final years of the Cold War. It was the height of the Cold War, and a dangerous time to be stationed in the Soviet Union. One evening, while the chief of the CIA’s Moscow station was filling his gas tank, a stranger approached and dropped a note into the car. The chief, suspicious of a KGB trap, ignored the overture. But the man had made up his mind. His attempts to establish contact with the CIA would be rebuffed four times before he thrust upon them an envelope whose contents would stun U.S. intelligence. In the years that followed, that man, Adolf Tolkachev, became one of the most valuable spies ever for the U.S. But these activities posed an enormous personal threat to Tolkachev and his American handlers. They had clandestine meetings in parks and on street corners, and used spy cameras, props, and private codes, eluding the ever-present KGB in its own backyard—until a shocking betrayal put them all at risk.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0345805976
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year • Drawing on previously classified CIA documents and on interviews with firsthand participants, The Billion Dollar Spy is a brilliant feat of reporting and a riveting true story of intrigue in the final years of the Cold War. It was the height of the Cold War, and a dangerous time to be stationed in the Soviet Union. One evening, while the chief of the CIA’s Moscow station was filling his gas tank, a stranger approached and dropped a note into the car. The chief, suspicious of a KGB trap, ignored the overture. But the man had made up his mind. His attempts to establish contact with the CIA would be rebuffed four times before he thrust upon them an envelope whose contents would stun U.S. intelligence. In the years that followed, that man, Adolf Tolkachev, became one of the most valuable spies ever for the U.S. But these activities posed an enormous personal threat to Tolkachev and his American handlers. They had clandestine meetings in parks and on street corners, and used spy cameras, props, and private codes, eluding the ever-present KGB in its own backyard—until a shocking betrayal put them all at risk.
Cubans, an Epic Journey
Author: Sam Verdeja
Publisher: Reedy Press LLC
ISBN: 1935806203
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 801
Book Description
This book is a collection of more than thirty essays by renowned scholars, historians, journalists, and media professionals that portray the experience of Cubans exiled in the United States and other countries in the last sixty years.
Publisher: Reedy Press LLC
ISBN: 1935806203
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 801
Book Description
This book is a collection of more than thirty essays by renowned scholars, historians, journalists, and media professionals that portray the experience of Cubans exiled in the United States and other countries in the last sixty years.
Liberty
Author: Horatio Seymour Rubens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
After the Bay of Pigs
Author: Pablo Perez-Cisneros
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781489550682
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Following the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, the Kennedy Administration had given a green light to the prisoners' families to make any attempt possible to free their men, as the President felt personally responsible for their plight after his on-and-off support during the invasion. Held in unsanitary and perilous conditions, the prisoners' health and safety were foremost in the minds of their anguished spouses, mothers, fathers, and siblings. During the Summary Military Trial, 99.9% of the war prisoners had refused to blame the U.S. or cave into pressure to admit guilt. After that, explosives were placed in their prisons, to be set off in case of a much publicized "Yankee" invasion. This never-before told story offers today's reader the rare opportunity to experience the unique tug-of-war that developed between the U.S. and Cuba while the families of the prisoners held out hope for their eventual release. In the middle of all of this, the world almost came to an end during the October Cuban Missile Crisis. Rather than despairing, the Families Committee continued to negotiate while the world's superpowers faced off. The book is a negotiator's handbook par excellence. James B. Donovan's technique of persuasion, bluff, and prior homework sets the standard for any would-be negotiator today. Read on to find out how perseverance and boldness pays off even in the face of incredible odds, and you will realize how the price of freedom is as dear and as cherished today as it was back on April 17, 1961 at the Bay of Pigs, in Cuba.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781489550682
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Following the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, the Kennedy Administration had given a green light to the prisoners' families to make any attempt possible to free their men, as the President felt personally responsible for their plight after his on-and-off support during the invasion. Held in unsanitary and perilous conditions, the prisoners' health and safety were foremost in the minds of their anguished spouses, mothers, fathers, and siblings. During the Summary Military Trial, 99.9% of the war prisoners had refused to blame the U.S. or cave into pressure to admit guilt. After that, explosives were placed in their prisons, to be set off in case of a much publicized "Yankee" invasion. This never-before told story offers today's reader the rare opportunity to experience the unique tug-of-war that developed between the U.S. and Cuba while the families of the prisoners held out hope for their eventual release. In the middle of all of this, the world almost came to an end during the October Cuban Missile Crisis. Rather than despairing, the Families Committee continued to negotiate while the world's superpowers faced off. The book is a negotiator's handbook par excellence. James B. Donovan's technique of persuasion, bluff, and prior homework sets the standard for any would-be negotiator today. Read on to find out how perseverance and boldness pays off even in the face of incredible odds, and you will realize how the price of freedom is as dear and as cherished today as it was back on April 17, 1961 at the Bay of Pigs, in Cuba.