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Miami (Paperback, 1st Vintage International ed): Joan Didion

Miami (Paperback, 1st Vintage International ed)

Joan Didion

Series: Vintage International

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It is where Fidel Castro raised money to overthrow Batista and where two generations of Castro's enemies have raised armies to overthrow him, so far without success. It is where the bitter opera of Cuban exile intersects with the cynicism of U.S. foreign policy. It is a city whose skyrocketing murder rate is fueled by the cocaine trade, racial discontent, and an undeclared war on the island ninety miles to the south.

As Didion follows Miami's drift into a Third World capital, she also locates its position in the secret history of the Cold War, from the Bay of Pigs to the Reagan doctrine and from the Kennedy assassination to the Watergate break-in. Miami is not just a portrait of a city, but a masterly study of immigration and exile, passion, hypocrisy, and political violence.

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Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of origin: United States
Series: Vintage International
Release date: September 1998
First published: September 1998
Authors: Joan Didion
Dimensions: 207 x 132 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 240
Edition: 1st Vintage International ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-679-78180-6
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Local history
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Local government > General
Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel & holiday guides > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history
Books > Travel > Travel & holiday guides > General
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LSN: 0-679-78180-3
Barcode: 9780679781806

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