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Utilizing a wealth of British diplomatic records and other
sources this study offers fresh insights into the whole period of
US political and economic domination in Cuba from 1898 until the
eventful early period of the Cuban Revolution after 1959, when the
hitherto close USa "Cuban relationship fell apart. It investigates
two British attempts to agree a commercial treaty with Cuba, and
the contentious sales of arms and Leyland buses before and after
the Fidel Castro-led Revolution. The book outlines Britain's
economic decline through two world wars, but also the country's
importance as a second market for Cuban sugar and cigar exports. It
demonstrates how British governments and diplomats in Havana sought
to protect their interests in Cuba, including railway and insurance
companies, always sensitive to the reactions of the United States a
" a vital transatlantic ally with a significant stake in the
Caribbean island.
Boxing Day 1962: Sunderland's star striker Brian Clough suffers a
career-ending knee injury when he collides with an outrushing
goalkeeper. After a forlorn battle to regain fitness, he retires
early and sinks into deep despair. October 1965: Clough persuades
ex-'Boro teammate Peter Taylor to join him in managing perennial
North-East strugglers Hartlepools United, lying next to bottom of
the Fourth Division. A magical football odyssey has begun. Alchemy
reveals the bittersweet reality of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor's
first management job together. Lower-league Hartlepools United are
penniless, with a meddling chairman, a ramshackle ground and
want-away players. Yet the management pair tackle every challenge
head-on, forging a winning blueprint that later transforms
unfashionable Derby County and Nottingham Forest into League and
European Cup champions. Exploiting a wealth of archive newspapers,
plus interviews with those present at the creation, Alchemy exposes
the humble origins of Clough & Taylor's meteoric rise to the
top of the football tree.
An analysis of Cuba's history from a British diplomatic perspective
during the period of US political and economic domination, from
1898 to 1964. It investigates how Britain attempted to protect its
trade and other interests in the island, whilst always sensitive to
the reactions of its most important ally, the United States.
When U.S. immigration authorities deported Graham Greene from
Puerto Rico in 1954, the British author made an unplanned visit to
Havana and discovered that "every vice was permissible and every
trade possible" in a Caribbean fleshpot of mafia-run casinos and
nude revues. The former MI6 officer had stumbled upon the ideal
setting for a comic espionage story. Three years later, he returned
in the midst of Fidel Castro's guerrilla insurgency against a
U.S.-backed dictator to begin writing his iconic novel Our Man in
Havana. Twelve weeks after its publication, the Cuban Revolution
triumphed in January 1959, soon transforming a capitalist
playground into a communist stronghold. Combining biography,
history and politics, Our Man Down in Havana investigates the real
story behind Greene's fictional one. This includes his many visits
to a pleasure island that became a revolutionary island, turning
his chance involvement into a political commitment. His Cuban novel
describes an amateur agent who dupes his intelligence chiefs with
invented reports about "concrete platforms and unidentifiable
pieces of giant machinery". With eerie prescience, Greene's
satirical tale had foretold the Cold War's most perilous episode,
the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Exploiting a wealth of archival
material and interviews with key protagonists, Our Man Down in
Havana delves into the story behind and beyond the author's
prophetic Cuban tale, focusing on one slice of Greene's manic life:
a single novel and its complex history.
An understanding of the fundamental principles of geometrical and
physical optics is essential for any student engaged in the study
of the visual sciences, but the non-physicist needs a text which
clearly explains these notoriously difficult concepts in order to
apply them to the practical and clinical aspects of vision. Optics
by Freeman and Hull fulfils this requirement admirably.
Comprehensive information on optics makes this book the definitive
source on the subject. A bright, two-color design enhances the text
and aids the reader's understanding. Completely updated and revised
to present the latest information in the field. All illustrations
are now highlighted with a second color to aid understanding. A new
color plate section provides clear, excellent-quality photographs
to vividly illustrate important concepts. More information is
included on aspheric lenses, with a new chapter on aspheric lenses.
Many new questions and exercises reinforce important points and
help readers understand the material. The contents have been
entirely reorganized for a more logical, easy-to-follow approach. A
new glossary defines all key terms from the chapters for convenient
reference.
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