A fully-revised and updated new edition of a concise and insightfulsocio-historical analysis of the Cuban revolution A fully-revised and updated new edition of a concise and insightful socio-historical analysis of the Cuban revolution, and the course it took over five and a half decades. List of IllustrationsSeries Editor s PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionTalking about FreedomScholars Weigh InWhy Revolution?Comparing Capitalism and SocialismLatin American Attitudes1 Cuba through 1959Colonial HistoryThe Colony in the RepublicRevolution: A War, or a Process?2 Experiments with SocialismAnalyzing the Situation: Economic BackwardnessThe 1960s: Experimentation and the Great DebateThe 1970s: Institutionalization and the Soviet ModelDemocracy: U.S. and Cuban StyleCuba in the 1970s: How it Worked1986: RectificationHow Democratic was Cuban Socialism?3 Relations with the United StatesThe United States and CubaIn their Own Words: U.S. Policymakers Respond to RevolutionCovert War: Up to the Bay of PigsCovert War: After the Bay of PigsThe Missile CrisisAfter the Missile CrisisThe War Continues4 Emigration and InternationalismMiamiCuba s Global Reach: Beyond the Cold WarCuba and Black InternationalismCuba in Africa and Latin AmericaCivilian Aid Missions5 Art, Culture, and RevolutionLiteratureFilmMusicSportDancePolitical CultureFood6 Cuba DiversaRaceGenderSexualityReligion7 The Special Period : Socialism on OneIsland1993 95: Rapid-Fire ReformsSocial Impact of the Market ReformsLimits to CapitalismCharting New TerritoryContradictions: Inequality and JineterismoOpting to Leave: The 1994 ExodusDebate and its Limits during the 1990s8 Cuba into the Twenty-First CenturyFrom Perfeccionamiento to RecentralizationCivil Society into the New CenturyDisillusionmentBush-Era PoliciesCuba, Venezuela, and the ALBACuba after FidelConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex