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
Raul 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.
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