Cuba: A Revolution In Motion

By Isaac Saney

 

 

This book is the best, most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of Cuba that I have seen.

 

                 Karen Wald - journalist and author

Description

This accessible, up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to Cuba provides both students and general readers with a sense of the changes - and continuities - in Cuba through the 1990s. It starts with the crisis the country faced following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of its support to Cuba. Isaac Saney describes the economic crash, new policies and subsequent recovery during the 'Special Period.' He addresses the renewed pressures on the country as a result of the deterioration in US-Cuban relations following the election of George W. Bush, September 11^th and the war on Iraq.

 

The Cuban Revolution, the author suggests, has avoided many of the social problems besetting the rest of Latin America. He demonstrates that it is possible to pursue radical development policies offering a practical and humane alternative to the neoliberal economic model being foisted on other developing countries. This book also addresses the looming issue that has preoccupied so many — how much of the Cuban socialist model will survive Fidel Castro's ultimate departure from the political scene?

 

Publishers:   Zed Books  www.zedbooks.co.uk

 

About the Author 

 

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Reviews

 

I had heard wonderful things about Isaac Saney's new book, Cuba: a Revolution in Motion, published by Zed Books but had no idea what a really marvelous book this was until I got my hands it.

 

Saney’s book is simply the best comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of Cuba that I have ever seen. If you are interested in Cuba --run, don't walk, to get this book

 

Usually books are outdated by the time they go to print, but this one starts with Columbus and includes the current situation in Iraq and the arrests of the made-in-USA "dissidents". More important, Saney, originally from Trinidad & Tobago, tells the truth about Cuba as a Cuban might....not a fawning Paradise on Earth or a rhetorical jargon filled book, but an honest reflection of real life and real politics from someone who does know and understand the Cuban Revolution.

 

I hope everyone who reads this will get their local book store, group or school to order.

 

--Karen Wald -

Teacher,  journalist  and author -  a resident of Havana for two decades - is one of the most informed, longtime observers of Cuban society, politics and development. She is the author of Children of Che. Childcare and Education in Cuba.

 

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I lamented  that  it  had  not come  out  in   time  to  be THE  required  text  for   my Special  Topics In Cuban Culture And Society  course. It  is not  just one of the best introductions to  a much  contested  subject, but also one  of  the  most  thoughtful discussions; very political  in  the  true sense  of the word. I have been hoping  for  something like this to be available. Next Spring,   I shall   teach   the  course  again, and  will certainly use it as the main text. I am recommending it    to   everyone,   particularly   students    with   an individual interest in Cuba.

--Dr.ClaudiaKaiser-Lenoir
Tufts University

 

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Saney's book is a comprehensive and balanced primer on Cuba and the progress its Revolution has brought the Cuban people. It is highly readable for anyone interested in understanding that nation's ongoing struggle for social justice. In particular, his discussion of inequality and race is the best available in the literature.

 

--Dr. Cliff Durand - Morgan State University (Chicago) and coordinator of the Annual Conference of North American and Cuban Philosophers and Social Scientists

 

On a visit to Cuba in 1996 I was asked by Segundo Pena, a
representative of the Cuban Institute for Friendship With the People (ICAP), what changes, if any, did I see in Cuba since my first trip there in 1969. I responded "Given the current crisis (the devastating result of the 1989-1991 collapse of Cuba's East European trading partners and the escalation of U.S. economic warfare) I'm amazed at what Cuba is accomplishing now with fewer resources than it had back then."  Segundo corrected me. "We actually have more resources now than ever. They are the human resources developed over the last 37 years by our revolution through education, participation and greater equality. These human resources are the main reasons for our current successes, for our very survival." Although I have been a student and supporter of the Cuban revolution since 1961 it required a reading of Isaac Saney's book "Cuba - A Revolution in Motion" for me to fully appreciate what Segundo meant. Thank you Isaac Saney. more


--Derrel Myers

 

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Paperback:    
ISBN 1-84277-363-1
$19.95

                      240 pages

Size 6 ¼ X 9 ¼

Hardcover:        
                        ISBN 1-84277-362-3

$59.95

240 pages

Size 6 ¼ X 9 ¼

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