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Events in Fidel Castro’s island nation often command international attention and just as often inspire controversy. Impassioned debate over situations as diverse as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Elián Gonzáles affair is characteristic not only of modern times but of centuries of Cuban history. In this concise and up-to-date book, British journalist Richard Gott casts a fresh eye on the history of the Caribbean island from its pre-Columbian origins to the present day. He provides a European perspective on a country that is perhaps too frequently seen solely from the American point of view.
The author emphasizes such little-known aspects of Cuba’s history as its tradition of racism and violence, its black rebellions, the survival of its Indian peoples, and the lasting influence of Spain. The book also offers an original look at aspects of the Revolution, including Castro’s relationship with the Soviet Union, military exploits in Africa, and his attempts to promote revolution in Latin America and among American blacks. In a concluding section, Gott tells the extraordinary story of the Revolution’s survival in the post-Soviet years.
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There are better books out there.......2007-04-14
If you're looking for a fast, shallow treatment of Cuban history, written by a largely uncritical supporter of the Cuban Revolution, then look no further, you've found it.
I've read Hugh Thomas' book "Cuba: The Pursuit of Freedom" (which is 1800 pages long or so, it's only flaw being that its coverage of history ends in the late 1960s). Naturally, I expected Gott's book to pick up where Thomas' book left off. And, while Gott's book does cover the revolution between 1970 and now, it does not provide any real depth or insight. Thomas' book was obviously written by a scholar who is looking to form a complete picture of Cuba's history; Gott's book, on the other hand, reads more like a newspaper article - perhaps because Gott is a journalist by training.
If you're looking to really learn about Cuba, definitely get Thomas' book. Gott's isn't TOO bad, as long as it's what you're looking for.
Ignore the disinformation.......2006-05-27
-- of those one-star reviews. They have their own biases and axes to grind, as they link you to rightwing websites full of lies and distortions of their own. These folks want to squelch and slander anyone with a differing point of view, especially regarding Cuba. When talking about "agents of influence," it is pertinent to remember these "reviewers" are likely themselves members of organizations sent here to trash this book.
Mr. Gott is a well-respected journalist on Latin American affairs, one who has been avowedly sympathetic to the Left, armed struggle, and the Cuban Revolution. However one may agree or not with his views, they are necessary to read if one would wish a well-rounded education on Cuba. Beware anyone who tries to suppress this book, as they are guilty of the same thing of which they accuse Fidel Castro.
Not for the uninitiated in Cuban history........2006-02-06
A tolerable book, only if read as one of several Cuban history books, because of its thoroughly sympathetic (and apologist) depiction of Fidel Castro's 1959 Revolution. It is perfect example of a view of Cuban history that pretends to be academic and unbiased but in reality closely spouses the current government's portrayal of Cuban history, devoid of democracy and equality and where the past is little more than the struggle that leads to Socialism. In that context, it is a good book to read because it illustrates what the current Cuban Governments is attempting to do to the country's history.
Many basic spelling errors of a significant number Spanish words or names the author introduces are off-putting and bring into question his qualifications as a Cuban scholar thoroughly familiar with his subject. The author uses very few source documents, opting instead to quote prejudiced opinions of earlier academics (who tend to quote earlier academics) or casual observers to prove the points he wishes to stress. He also buys into (and sells) the mythology of Fidel Castro earlier year as the chosen one, the inheritor and sum all of Cuba's past "caudillos." Moreover, the author omits or manipulates important facts if they interfere with the storyline. The book should be ignored if it is intended to be your only source of Cuban history.
Richard Gott Agent of Influence.......2005-08-26
When I picked up this book in a used book store, I read selected sections on matters I knew very well, read the authors passages on these matters and decided that this book was not only biased but deliberately and maliciously so. Pertinent data was omitted and selectively included data distorted.
Thus I did not purchase it. I will buy it here in used form so that the author does not receive any of my money, my purpose of this purchase is to fully document this and other malicious presentations of Cuban history.
At that the time I picked up this volume did not know that letters to London Times had labeled Richard Gott as an "Agent of Influence" e.g.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1376998/posts
or that he had been said to be a former KGB agent
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http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/583hqfaw.asp?pg=2
What I did know was from family history in Cuba that the author Richard Gott was re-writing the past. I concentrated in my sampling on the so called "race war of 1912" (it would seem that the author misdates it, and mixes it with the rising of 1906 in which my grand uncle Mambi General Carlos Garcia Velez was deeply involved). In this 1912 horror some of my family's property was burned.
Initially this sad 1912 matter had come to my attention some years ago when I was puzzled why the so called Mambi of the "Independentes de Color" would burn down property of the Mambi of my family.
Soon it became clear through critical readings that what the "Independentes de Color" were attempting to make a separate country, where they could rule despotically. This was apparent to most of the Mambi of that time and place and thus they, what ever pigment shaded their skins, did not take their war skills and courage to this fight.
These Mambi who refused to join the revolt had already used all their influence to try to avoid this clash, and to have some of the future revolt's leadership released from jail for inciting racial murder at the most trivial of excuse.
This lack of participation of the majority of the Mambi doomed the the revolt attempt from the very beginning. Then it was widely perceived, although apparently never quite proven, that this revolt was Haitian in origen and in intent. Some Dominican Republic activists of similar shaded skins, but few Cubans were shown to be involved. It was a racist revolt, where virtue was thought to reside only in those with the very darkest of skin.
As to the Siboney (Cuban Taino, Cuban Island Arawak) involvement much touted on the cover I see very little proof of that in this volume although there were a good number of such, including members of my family, involved in the Cuban wars of Independence. One may note in this reagard that my Mambi ancestor whose property was destroyed was probably part Siboney and certainly his wife (one of my maternal grandmothers) was Taina.
All this does not excuse the bloody actions of former General Monteagudo that followed the repression of this revolt, yet it does make their outraged anger far more understandable. For it was characters of this type and racial background that joining with Spanish General Weyler as "Guerrillas" slaughtered massive numbers of other Cuban in the Cuban Wars of Independence. One may note that butcher Weyler prided himself in choosing these very dark skinned Guerrillas as his bodyguards....
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Cuba after Castro.......2005-05-13
I read this book with some expectation. In the past British writers like Thomas had written solid essays on Cuba and its history. But I must admit my disappointment, particulary at some conclusions. For instance, Gott attempts to be controversial or perhaps iconoclastic when he notes that major US legislation affecting Cuba has been passed during Democratic administrations (a cynical reaction might be: so what?) He points to the Helms-Burton Act as an example of such legislation (passed during Clinton's presidency), without pointing out that Congress was widely split and also controlled by Republicans and that Clinton the Democrat was totally opposed to the bill. Gott's book also concludes that nothing will change after Castro. Castro, he claims, is now a puppet and there is already a subterranean government in place. But he gives us no evidence for this rather silly conclusion and in fact many scholars disagree rather strongly with such an inference. Personally, I think there'll will be chaos, infighting, and huge vendettas when Castro dies and the US needs to be prepared for massive emigration problems, medical and malnutrition challenges of major proportions when the veil over the "extraordinary" medical system in Cuba is lifted, as well as increased illegal drug activities as Cuba could become an even larger trans-shipment point for drugs.
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The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era
Joan Roland
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A Bene Israel view point.......2001-08-09
THIS BOOK SHOWS THAT THE AUTHOR HAS DONE HER HOMEWORK WELL. THE BOOK GIVES A DEEP INSIGHT INTO THE THREE JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF INDIA . IT ALSO HAS AN INDEPTH FEELING FOR THE COMMUNITIES WHICH COULD ONLY COME FROM INTIMATE AND CONTINUING CONTACT WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE DIFFERNT COMMUNITIES. AN EXCELLENT BOOK FOR THE AVERAGE READER OR SCHOLAR.
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The South and Bene are poignant and haunting first-person narratives, each delving into the consciousness of a young girl in the context of post–civil war Spain. In The South, the adult narrator’s visit to her childhood home and to the grave of her father, who committed suicide, evokes memories that constitute both a confession and a struggle to come to terms with the tragic death. The circular structure of the narrative leaves the reader with a painful sense of loss, yet Adriana’s promise to abandon forever her childhood home may allow her finally to come to terms with the past and begin a new life.
Bene exudes an aura of the supernatural. The memories of this narrative revolve around the family maid, Bene, a gypsy with a terrible secret. Intense emotions and Gothic elements characterize this novella, but the limitations of the child’s consciousness result in a haunting ambiguity. Is Bene the embodiment of evil or a victim of prejudice? Suggestions of diabolic possession and incest create an eerie atmosphere in which the line between fantasy and reality is blurred.
An important voice in contemporary Spanish literature, Adelaida García Morales was born in Badajoz and raised in Seville. In addition to being a writer, she has worked as a teacher, translator, model, and actress. She has published six other novels.
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Great Spanish author.......2000-06-02
"The South and Bene" includes two short novels. Spanish director Victor Erice based a movie on the first novel of Garcia Morales' book. The author has a great ability to surround her male characters with an aura of mistery. This novel is a beautiful story of the relationship of a daughter and her father. It is also a very original love story narrated in a simple way, but with great power. It is one of the best books written by an author of the new generation of Spanish writers.
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In 1960, Bernardo Benes, a lawyer, fled his home in Cuba. Quickly making a name for himself in Miami, he became a leading advocate in the community. Making 75 secret trips to Cubawhere he met with Castro for both presidents Carter and ReaganBenes reunited divided families and was the catalyst behind Castros release of thousands of Cuban political prisoners. Despite his extraordinary achievements for Miamis Cuban community, Benes became, and remains, a pariah there. For the first time, hear Beness storyand read a powerful expos of the power and passions of Cuban Miami.
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From Heroism to Heartbreak.......2004-11-13
Now that the agreement to allow Cuban Americans to visit their families in Cuba has been significantly scaled back by President George Bush, it is fascinating to consider how many Cuban Americans are correctly bewailing the loss of a right brokered for them by the very man they shunned for making the visits possible: Bernardo Benes.
This book tells the story of Bernardo Benes and the times and circumstances in which he operated. We learn of his boyhood in Cuba, his flight to Miami as a young man, his financial successes and humanitarian work in Miami and the deserved notoriety he received. We also learn about his secret missions to Cuba at the USA's behest, his frequent conversations and negotiations with Castro, and how his considerable accomplishments in these matters cost him dearly in the exile community, even endangering his life. Although the author often strikes an oddly detached tone in his descriptions of the violent and inquisitorial nature of some elements of the Cuban exile community, he provides all the salient details and history.
By book's end, readers are left wondering why Bernardo Benes isn't esteemed as a great hero in the Cuban-American community. It is here we realize that the real main character of this true tale is the Cuban exile community, not Bernardo Benes, and how their grievance long nurtured by hatred, violence, and dogmatic conformity distorts a hero's triumph into heartbreak.
Exposes the power of the anti-Castro lobby.......2001-10-02
This story needs to be told. It shows how powerful Miami Cubans not only punished the man responsible for the process of dialogue that led to the release of prisoners from Castro's jails, but essentially elected George W. Bush president in the astonishing electoral race of that year in Florida.
An astonishing human story among Cuban exiles.......2001-09-28
I was moved by the travails of Bernardo Benes,who put his life and family at risk because insensitive right-wingers in the Cuban exile community in Miami turned him into a paraih because he dared talk with Cuba's Castro in behalf of political prisoners and dialogue.
Excellent, probing, fascinating book.......2001-09-28
This book masterfully exposes the venality of the right-wing Cuban exile power brokers, especially the suffocating voices of Spanish-language radio in Miami. I can attest to the fact that the book is wholly on the mark. It reveals details about the exile experience that are astonishing, and also very sad. This is the best book I have ever read on the subject, and also on the precarious, often bad-faith relationship between Washington D.C. and Havana.
Excellent, probing, fascinating book.......2001-09-28
This book masterfully exposes the venality of the right-wing Cuban exile power brokers, especially the suffocating voices of Spanish-language radio in Miami. I can attest to the fact that the book is wholly on the mark. It reveals details about the exile experience that are astonishing, and also very sad. This is the best book I have ever read on the subject, and also on the precarious, often bad-faith relationship between Washington D.C. and Havana.
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Jews in British India: Identity in a Colonial Era (Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry Series)
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Genetics, Mass Media and Identity: A Case Study of the Genetic Research on the Lemba and Bene Israel
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This book isof very few studies on the influence of genetic tests on the narrative of groups, a topic which is becoming increasingly important with growth of the number of DNA tests conducted among indigenous populations. A contribution to the wider field of the social, cultural and ethical implications of genetics, an area which has acquired particular topicality in the last decade with the advances in genetics (Human Genome Project, Human Genome
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First book length work on the Lemba, on Judaizing movements and the phenomenon of "Israelite" identity. Wide international appeal, as it deals with phenomena which are to be found in different parts of the world (Judaizing movements, population-based genetic screening).
Interdisciplinary of interest to scholars of Jewish History, contemporary issues in the study of religions, and social and ethical aspects of genetics.
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This digital document is an article from The Review of Contemporary Fiction, published by Review of Contemporary Fiction on September 22, 2000. The length of the article is 2596 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: The South and Bene.(Review) (book review)
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A leading scholar of South Africa provides a fresh and penetrating exploration of that country's history, from the earliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present, focusing primarily on the experiences of its black inhabitants. For this third edition, Leonard Thompson adds two new chapters that describe the transfer of power and the new South Africa under the presidencies of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki
Customer Reviews:
South Africa book.......2007-07-18
I wrote to seller to ask when book might be arriving as a time deadline was approaching for us--I never got a response. I do believe that the book arrived in the MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE ALLOTTED TIME however.
History of South Africa.......2006-11-10
I thought it almost a must read for South Africans who were subjected to the Apartheid era history at school. I say that as a born and bred South Africa.
Cry, the beloved country! (take two).......2006-09-17
2000 was a rough year for publishing a history of South Africa, even one as superbly written and brilliantly researched as Leonard Thompson's far too blandly titled A HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA.
So much hung still in the balance, a precarious circumstance so potent that it reduced Thompson to this final, modest sentence: 'Nothing is preordained in human history. In 2000 it was still conceivable that the dreams of Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, and millions of other South Africans would eventually, in some fashion, triumph.'
Indeed.
Six years later, this reviewer has had opportunity to observe the astonishing steps the South African people have taken towards establishing a multiracial civil society. Although immense challenges remain, Mandela, Mbeki, and even a more sympathetically reviewed de Klerk can rightly be seen as the protagonists - though hardly of equal stature - in one of modern history's great human dramas.
Leonard Thompson has proven himself equal to the task of chronicling all of South Africa's known historical periods with a lucidity that has well served its subject matter. Rarely does history go down so easily and hungrily as do Thompson's 358 lovingly written pages.
The six years since its publication have been so full that one longs for another volume from Thompson's angle, hopefully more confident that that victory that remains so undetermined in human history can - from time to time and in the most longsuffering places - be achieved.
Thompson celebrating the South African people's realization of the secularly sainted elder Mandela's vision, say, ten years from 2006.
Now *there's* a sequel worth pre-ordering.
In the meantime, it would be difficult to find a single volume so blessed of an historian's virtues as the one Thompson has given us.
History of South Africa.......2006-08-23
A thoroughly good and interesting read . Full of imformation and facts
Revisionist, true and great.......2006-06-28
The history of South Africa is mostly one of violence, starting from the earliest beginning when the Europeans came from Portugal, England and Holland. The Dutch set up a fort in Cape Town from which European settlement of the southern part of Africa.
Settlement? Not really, Thompson (who was white) calls the settlers invaders; people who had no higher right to be there.
It is certainly not a history of white South Africa, the book starts a lot earlier than that. It is also not in any way making one group into heroes, an astonishing feat.
He is fair and critical, also about the new ANC governments after Apartheid, although he does see that 8 years is not long enough to complete change a nation.
Highly recommended for classes, universities and everyone else interesting in South African history. It's the perfect way to write a general history.
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Experience Wolverine's battle to keep the feral berserker within in check, while trying to be the best there is at what he does. Special guest appearance by the Incredible Hulk. Collects Wolverine #1-23.
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Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
A nice cheap collection of the beginning of Wolverine's run as a character popular enough to hold his own as a solo character. His adventures and wandering aren't too bad at all, and a good way to recover these easily.
Generally speaking, this is not the X-Wolverine.
What an Essential volume should be.......2007-01-08
Having read a couple dozen of Marvel's "Essential" series, I've seen the gamut from excellent to awful. Generally, what makes the comics good are exactly the things you'd expect: good, consistent writing and art, strong characters and a decent supporting cast. (This last feature seems to often be the deciding factor for excellence: it's a reason the Essential Spiderman volumes have been exceptional, while the Silver Surfer was not on the same par.) By these standards, the Essential Wolverine is a top-notch book.
Wolverine is, of course, one of the X-Men, but there came a certain point when he became something more than that. I personally feel that he emerged from being a rather one-dimensional character back in the early `80s during the early issues of the "New" X-Men. In particular, during a storyline around issue 130, the rest of the team had been defeated by a band of villains known as the Hellfire Club, but Wolverine, a character who seemed to be the least powerful, came back to rescue his teammates. He did so in a violent manner, with little qualms about killing or maiming, making him a distinct contrast to many other heroes. Later, Frank Miller gave Wolverine even more of an edge in a mini-series and added the first person narration that was rare at the time but is now commonly associated with this superhero.
Not all team characters can stand on their own in their own book, but, as this book shows, Wolverine can. It helps that this volume features a roster of Marvel all-stars: Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Peter David, John Buscema, Archie Goodwin and Klaus Janson (no third-stringers in this bunch). The stories start off during a period when the X-Men had faked their own deaths, and Wolverine goes off to the fictional principality of Madripoor, an East Asian city-state somewhat akin to Singapore. It also bears more than a passing resemblance to the Casablanca of movie fame, a city filled with various lowlifes and people seeking refuge from other places.
Wolverine has a connection with Madripoor going back years and feels quite comfortable in this seedy town. He adopts an alias of Patch (which fools less people than he thinks) and gets involved in various capers, starting with the theft of an evil sword. This introduces some of the major supporting characters, particularly Jessica Drew (the former Spiderwoman turned private eye) and her partner, ex-actress Lindsay McCabe. This caper also gets Wolverine tangled up with old enemy Silver Samurai, but not in a fully adversarial way.
Other stories get more characters introduced, particularly the various crime lords of Madripoor and the coldly pragmatic Prince. Probably the most interesting foe in this volume is Roughhouse who starts off as a simple tough guy villain but develops into someone far more interesting by the final issue. Most of the stories span over several issues, with the last two taking six and seven issues respectively.
As stated earlier, the Essentials volumes vary in quality, but this book is one of the best. With great characters and storytelling, this volume easily rates five stars and, if you enjoy comic books, this is one really fits the definition of "essential."
Better than just 'essential'.......2005-09-27
Most of this volume centers on our hero while he's living in Madripoor and on hiatus from X-Men duties. He goes by the name of Patch and lives contentedly in the urban jungle. Inevitably, his peaceful (for him) existence is interrupted and the fun begins.
There are three storylines in this book. The first two are first-class tales that cleverly wind around our hero's personality and the supporting cast. Spider-Woman Jessica Drew and sidekick Lindsay McCabe appear and play vital roles. They bring in the focus of the first storyline: a tormented sword that many people wish to possess. The gray Hulk plays a role in an ongoing gang war and is manipulated to perfection by our hero. The two characters play beautifully off of each other. The writing is absolutly flawless! The Hulk and Wolverine storyline features some laugh-out-loud moments.
The second storyline is a fast-paced tale featuring ancient evil pitted against Logan and his eclectic supporting cast. With usual grumpiness, humor, and guts, he faces it head on. Anything beyond that would be telling too much.
The book could have easily ended there and been excellent. Instead, Marvel chose to include an uninteresting and drawn-out story about tainted cocaine and an obscure South American country. The storyline deteriorates and meanders. The artwork is even worse. It looks as though the inking was accomplished with large, individual blots instead of smooth lines. The overall impression was that it was not a complete waste of my time, but it was also irritating.
As for the quality of the book itself, it has its positives and negatives. The black-and-white is very complelling. Considering the color comics of that period, the bw printing is a definite plus. The detail is excellent. The paper isn't the highest quality, but you can really see the action and the fine artwork (when it actually qualifies as fine). Any nebulous action was originally drawn that way, but it's all crystal clear compared to some modern comics. My major gripe is the cheapness of the binding. The book came apart when I was reading it, and it has lots of loose pages. Those things being said, I'm glad I bought this volume. "Essentials" sounds like bare bones, but this volume has plenty of meat to it.
Essential Wolverine Volume #1 is a must read!.......2004-09-20
Essential Wolverine Volume #1 is a must read! This paperback reprints Wolverine's 2nd series#1-23 in Black and White. Buy it! If you wanted to know how wolverine got his names Logan and Patch. I like having issues I missed while I was collecting the comic books. This book may not be in color, But you can still get sense of the story and artwork and understand happening. The Essential Wolverine series has no advertisement which makes it easier to read. Buy it. Highly Recommended!
The stories are strong enough.......2001-12-14
I know many have complained about the format this book is in (cheaper paper stock and the black/white issue) but I felt that my enjoyment of the stories inside wasn't troubled by the lack of colour at all. Even though the original books had been in colour, 'Essential's black and white gives it an almost 'Sin City' feel, making the gritty stories of Wolverines first issues in his own series all the more grittier. As for the paper stock, if getting all these issues in one book for less than 20 bucks means cheaper paper, then sign me up. All around, this book is a great read for Logan fans and a fantastic bargain for the collector.
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