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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