Chapter 1 Historical Background on the Cuban Revolution -- 1 Cuban Revolution: An Overview / Michael Powelson Powelson, Michael 13 -- 2 Mystery Cloaks Cuban Invasion of Last Sunday / Daily Boston Globe Globe, Daily Boston 23 -- 3 Cuban Rebels Open War on the Batista Regime / Larry Allen Allen, Larry 28 -- 4 Cuba's Dictator Flees the Country / Alistair Cooke Cooke, Alistair 33 -- 5 Whither Cuba? Some Yank Firms Quit, Others Seek Way Out as Red Influence Grows / Cal Brumley Brumley, Cal 39 -- 6 Under Castro, Cubans Control Their Destinies 49 -- 7 Cuban Exiles Flood Miami / Bert Collier Collier, Bert 54 -- Chapter 2 Controversies Surrounding the Cuban Revolution -- 1 Batista's Loss to Castro's Revolution Is Not Surprising / Larry James Bockman Bockman, Larry James 61 -- 2 Rebel Army Came of Age in the Sierra Maestra / Louis A. Pérez Jr. Pérez, Louis A., Jr. 70 -- 3 Use of Propaganda Helped Cuban Rebels Be Victorious / Russell J. Hampsey Hampsey, Russell J. 80 -- 4 Peasants Are the Very Heart of the Cuban Revolution / Leo Huberman Huberman, Leo, Paul M. Sweezy Sweezy, Paul M. 92 -- 5 Cuban Revolution Was Betrayed / Theodore Draper Draper, Theodore 101 -- 6 People of Cuba Drove the Cuban Revolution / Fidel Castro Castro, Fidel 111 -- 7 Cuban Revolution Had Certain Exceptional Factors / Che Guevara Guevara, Che 119 -- 8 Castro's Communism Affected Foreign Policy / W. Raymond Duncan Duncan, W. Raymond 127 -- 9 Cuban Government Is Not Responsible for US Hostility Toward Cuba / Isaac Saney Saney, Isaac 136 -- 10 Bay of Pigs Invasion Was Doomed from the Start / Julia E. Sweig Sweig, Julia E. 144 -- 11 Consumerism Is the Underlying Explanation for the 1980 Wave of Cuban Exiles / Peter Winn Winn, Peter 150 -- Chapter 3 Personal Narratives -- 1 A Rebel Leader Recalls the First Victory / Fidel Castro Castro, Fidel, Ignacio Ramonet Ramonet, Ignacio 158 -- 2 A CIA Officer Recounts the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion / Grayston L. Lynch Lynch, Grayston L. 165 -- 3 A Daughter of Cuban Immigrants Visits Cuba / Rita Farin Farin, Rita 169 -- 4 A Journalist Experiences the Revolution as It Is Being Won / Edwin Tetlow Tetlow, Edwin 175. |