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Cuba:
Chronological
History
Cuba's Intertwined History with Spain and the U.S.
By Sam Verdeja and Leonardo Rodriguez provides researchers, historians, Cuban Americans, and the public a timeline of every important event and data point that illustrates what has happened in more than five centuries. It is a key tool to demonstrate the relationship between prior and future events, presenting facts and data succinctly in a 19-chapter chronology that spans six centuries from before Columbus to 2022. As the title suggests, Cuba's history has been buffeted by developments in Spain and the U.S., but also by the USSR in the 20th and 21st centuries and so, it is also front and center in the presentation of the events leading to today.
It spans political, social, economic, and cultural history, so that a clear picture emerges of how Cuba went from colony to nation, and the role it has played in the international arena. Each chapter begins with a summary to guide the reader.
Cubans: An Epic Journey
The Struggle of Exiles for Truth and Freedom
In October 1965, President Lyndon Johnson stated that the spirit of America held tradition as an asylum for the oppressed, and he pledged to “the people of Cuba that those who seek refuge here will find it.” And they did. Even before the president’s speech, thousands of Cubans had been flooding the shores of America and other countries, with the Freedom Tower in Miami becoming refugees’ sentinel of liberty. Their experience over the last sixty years is captured in Cubans: An Epic Journey, a collection of more than thirty essays by renowned scholars, historians, journalists, and media professionals. Contributors like magazine publisher Sam Verdeja, print and broadcast journalist Guillermo Martinez, newspaper editor Howard Kleinberg, business executive Louise O’ Brien, university professor Leonardo Rodriguez, and broadcast commentator Francisco Rodriguez cover myriad topics, from the fight against a totalitarian regime, to myths about the accomplishments of the Cuban Revolution, to the personal stories of Cubans who have made significant contributions to American society.
The essays in Cubans explore different topics but share a similar endeavor—to reveal the complex interrelationships among the Cuban people, their homeland, the exile community, and American government and society. The Cuban experience in America and other countries has proven disappointing and remarkable; disappointing because a homeland was lost and attempts to retrieve it turned into a nightmare, remarkable because refugees settled in their new countries and soon flourished, particularly in the United States, in many aspects of society.
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Cubans: An Epic Journey
The Struggle of Exiles for Truth and Freedom
Standing before the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor in October 1985, President Lyndon Johnson practically repeated what was inscribed at its base, inviting “the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free….” The spirit of the United States, President Johnson said, had long upheld the tradition of offering asylum to the oppressed, and he pledged to “the people of Cuba that those who sought refuge here would find it.” And so it was.
Even before the president’s speech, thousands of Cubans had flooded the shores of the United States and other countries, and Miami’s Freedom Tower had become the sentinel of liberty for refugees. Their experience over the past sixty years is captured in Cubans: An Epic Journey, a collection of more than thirty essays by renowned scholars, historians, journalists, and media professionals. Among the contributors are magazine editor Sam Verdeja, print and radio journalist Guillermo Martínez, newspaper editor Howard Kleinberg, business executive Louise O’Brien, university professor Leonardo Rodríguez, and radio and television commentator Frank Rodríguez. They address a wide range of topics—from the struggle against a totalitarian regime and myths surrounding the achievements of the Cuban revolution to personal stories of Cubans who have made significant contributions to American society.
The essays in Cubans: An Epic Journey explore different themes but share a common goal: to reveal the complex interrelations between the Cuban people, their homeland, the exile community, and the government and society of the United States. The Cuban experience in the U.S. and other countries has been both disappointing and remarkable—disappointing because the homeland was lost and attempts to recover it turned into a nightmare, and remarkable because the refugees settled in their new countries and soon thrived in many sectors of society, especially in the United States.