Revolutionary Change in Cuba

Cuba has been transformed more radically within one decade than almost any society in recent history. Yet the Cuban Revolution is poorly understood abroad because of its physical and political isolation, the controversies between adherents of the old and new regimes, and the murky skirmishes of the cold war.

This collection of essays is a comprehensive and authoritative study of almost all major aspects of socialist Cuba. It draws together the talents of the ablest group of Cuban specialists ever represented in a single volume.
 

Cuba remains an enigma to most of the world. This collection of essays is a comprehensive and authoritative study of nearly all aspects of socialist Cuba-politics, economics, and society-recorded during the tumultuous period from 1959 to 1970.

Carmelo Mesa-Lago is Distinguished Service Professor emeritus of economics and Latin American studies at the University of Pittsburgh.