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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- City
- Miami
- ISBN
- 9780385720526
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385720521
ISBN-13
9780385720526
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2486419
Product Key Features
Book Title
Cuba Confidential : Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Emigration & Immigration, International Relations / General, Political, Latin America / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
14.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Bardach knows Miami and Cuba from the inside out . . . Her contacts are wide-ranging in both places, her research is thorough and meticulous.." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "An extraordinary examination…. A well-researched book." --The Miami Herald "The old story of the battle between Castro and his foes is refreshingly retold…. An investigative journalist specializing in Cuba, Bardach has been examining the activities of exile leaders in South Florida for years…Bardach's portrayal of Castro is as unappealing as any ever drawn." The Washington Post "A long overdue examination of what lies behind the long-running feud between Fidel Castro's Cuba and Miami's Cuban-American exiles . . . Bardach is the first author who has tried to look at the rift from both sides." -St. Petersburg Times "Bardach brings together the fruits of her reporting on Cubans on both sides of the Florida straits . . . [and] generates some helpful insights. . . . She is particularly sharp-eyed about Cuban families." -The Economist "The old story of the battle between Castro and his foes is refreshingly retold. . . . Compelling. . . . A good book for those whose curiosity about Cubans has only recently been awakened." The Washington Post "The work of a reporter at the top of her game. Bardach takes a fascinating new look at the case of Elián González and then spins it into a compelling reexamination of the tortured relationship between the United States and Castro's Cuba. With Bardach's fresh take on the young boy and the old man, you'll never look at either one the same way again." Jeffrey Toobin "Bardach brings together the fruits of her reporting on Cubans on both sides of the Florida Straits . . . and generates some helpful insights. [She] is particularly sharp-eyed about Cuban families." The Economist "If our political establishment knew a tenth as much about Cuba, or cared half as much about it, as does Ann Louise Bardach, both the United States and Cuba would be more open societies." Christopher Hitchens "Bardach long ago established herself as America's most lucid, courageous, and well-informed observer of Cuban realities on both sides of the Florida Straits. This book is a tour de force, the definitive work on the still ongoing Cuban civil war."David Rieff, author of The Exile "Whatever your views on Cuba, Cuba Confidential offers a valuable treasure of inside information and rich insights on an international controversy that has deep implications for American politics."Lou Cannon, author of President Reagan "An illuminating portrait. . . . Bardach writes with an awareness of the Big Picture. . . . Powerful, evenhanded, thoroughly edifying."Kirkus Reviews (starred), "Bardach knows Miami and Cuba from the inside out . . . Her contacts are wide-ranging in both places, her research is thorough and meticulous.." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "An extraordinary examination…. A well-researched book." -- The Miami Herald "The old story of the battle between Castro and his foes is refreshingly retold…. An investigative journalist specializing in Cuba, Bardach has been examining the activities of exile leaders in South Florida for years…Bardach's portrayal of Castro is as unappealing as any ever drawn." The Washington Post "A long overdue examination of what lies behind the long-running feud between Fidel Castro's Cuba and Miami's Cuban-American exiles . . . Bardach is the first author who has tried to look at the rift from both sides." - St. Petersburg Times "Bardach brings together the fruits of her reporting on Cubans on both sides of the Florida straits . . . [and] generates some helpful insights. . . . She is particularly sharp-eyed about Cuban families." - The Economist "The old story of the battle between Castro and his foes is refreshingly retold. . . . Compelling. . . . A good book for those whose curiosity about Cubans has only recently been awakened." The Washington Post "The work of a reporter at the top of her game. Bardach takes a fascinating new look at the case of Elián González and then spins it into a compelling reexamination of the tortured relationship between the United States and Castro's Cuba. With Bardach's fresh take on the young boy and the old man, you'll never look at either one the same way again." Jeffrey Toobin "Bardach brings together the fruits of her reporting on Cubans on both sides of the Florida Straits . . . and generates some helpful insights. [She] is particularly sharp-eyed about Cuban families." The Economist "If our political establishment knew a tenth as much about Cuba, or cared half as much about it, as does Ann Louise Bardach, both the United States and Cuba would be more open societies." Christopher Hitchens "Bardach long ago established herself as America's most lucid, courageous, and well-informed observer of Cuban realities on both sides of the Florida Straits. This book is a tour de force, the definitive work on the still ongoing Cuban civil war."David Rieff, author of The Exile "Whatever your views on Cuba, Cuba Confidential offers a valuable treasure of inside information and rich insights on an international controversy that has deep implications for American politics."Lou Cannon, author of President Reagan "An illuminating portrait. . . . Bardach writes with an awareness of the Big Picture. . . . Powerful, evenhanded, thoroughly edifying." Kirkus Reviews (starred), "Bardach knows Miami and Cuba from the inside out . . . Her contacts are wide-ranging in both places, her research is thorough and meticulous.." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "An extraordinary examination…. A well-researched book." -- The Miami Herald "The old story of the battle between Castro and his foes is refreshingly retold…. An investigative journalist specializing in Cuba, Bardach has been examining the activities of exile leaders in South Florida for years…Bardach's portrayal of Castro is as unappealing as any ever drawn." The Washington Post "A long overdue examination of what lies behind the long-running feud between Fidel Castro's Cuba and Miami's Cuban-American exiles . . . Bardach is the first author who has tried to look at the rift from both sides." - St. Petersburg Times "Bardach brings together the fruits of her reporting on Cubans on both sides of the Florida straits . . . [and] generates some helpful insights. . . . She is particularly sharp-eyed about Cuban families." - The Economist "The old story of the battle between Castro and his foes is refreshingly retold. . . . Compelling. . . . A good book for those whose curiosity about Cubans has only recently been awakened." The Washington Post "The work of a reporter at the top of her game. Bardach takes a fascinating new look at the case of Elián González and then spins it into a compelling reexamination of the tortured relationship between the United States and Castro's Cuba. With Bardach's fresh take on the young boy and the old man, you'll never look at either one the same way again." Jeffrey Toobin "Bardach brings together the fruits of her reporting on Cubans on both sides of the Florida Straits . . . and generates some helpful insights. [She] is particularly sharp-eyed about Cuban families." The Economist "If our political establishment knew a tenth as much about Cuba, or cared half as much about it, as does Ann Louise Bardach, both the United States and Cuba would be more open societies." Christopher Hitchens "Bardach long ago established herself as America's most lucid, courageous, and well-informed observer of Cuban realities on both sides of the Florida Straits. This book is a tour de force, the definitive work on the still ongoing Cuban civil war."David Rieff, author of The Exile "Whatever your views on Cuba, Cuba Confidential offers a valuable treasure of inside information and rich insights on an international controversy that has deep implications for American politics."Lou Cannon, author of President Reagan "An illuminating portrait. . . . Bardach writes with an awareness of the Big Picture. . . . Powerful, evenhanded, thoroughly edifying." Kirkus Reviews (starred) From the Trade Paperback edition., "Bardach knows Miami and Cuba from the inside out . . . Her contacts are wide-ranging in both places, her research is thorough and meticulous.." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "An extraordinary examination…. A well-researched book." -- The Miami Herald "The old story of the battle between Castro and his foes is refreshingly retold…. An investigative journalist specializing in Cuba, Bardach has been examining the activities of exile leaders in South Florida for years…Bardach's portrayal of Castro is as unappealing as any ever drawn." The Washington Post "A long overdue examination of what lies behind the long-running feud between Fidel Castro's Cuba and Miami's Cuban-American exiles . . . Bardach is the first author who has tried to look at the rift from both sides." - St. Petersburg Times "Bardach brings together the fruits of her reporting on Cubans on both sides of the Florida straits . . . [and] generates some helpful insights. . . . She is particularly sharp-eyed about Cuban families." - The Economist "The old story of the battle between Castro and his foes is refreshingly retold. . . . Compelling. . . . A good book for those whose curiosity about Cubans has only recently been awakened." The Washington Post "The work of a reporter at the top of her game. Bardach takes a fascinating new look at the case of Elin Gonzlez and then spins it into a compelling reexamination of the tortured relationship between the United States and Castro's Cuba. With Bardach's fresh take on the young boy and the old man, you'll never look at either one the same way again." Jeffrey Toobin "Bardach brings together the fruits of her reporting on Cubans on both sides of the Florida Straits . . . and generates some helpful insights. [She] is particularly sharp-eyed about Cuban families." The Economist "If our political establishment knew a tenth as much about Cuba, or cared half as much about it, as does Ann Louise Bardach, both the United States and Cuba would be more open societies." Christopher Hitchens "Bardach long ago established herself as America's most lucid, courageous, and well-informed observer of Cuban realities on both sides of the Florida Straits. This book is a tour de force, the definitive work on the still ongoing Cuban civil war."David Rieff, author of The Exile "Whatever your views on Cuba, Cuba Confidential offers a valuable treasure of inside information and rich insights on an international controversy that has deep implications for American politics."Lou Cannon, author of President Reagan "An illuminating portrait. . . . Bardach writes with an awareness of the Big Picture. . . . Powerful, evenhanded, thoroughly edifying." Kirkus Reviews (starred)
Dewey Decimal
972.9106/4
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Family Tree of Fidel Castro Ruz The Fifteen Passengers of the Boat of Elián González Family Tree of the González Family Preface A Note on the Text Chapter 1: The Shipwreck Chapter 2: Castro Family Values Chapter 3: Planet Elián Chapter 4: Calle Ocho Politics Chapter 5: The Man Who Would Be King Chapter 6: The Litigator Chapter 7: An Assassin's Tale in Three Acts Chapter 8: The Movie Star Dictator Chapter 9: Dr. No and Uncle Sam Chapter 10: The Raid Chapter 11: The Third Rail Chapter 12: The Old Man and the Little Boy Appendix A: Chronology of the Elián González Affair Appendix B: Cuba - United States Timeline Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
From America's number one Cuba reporter, PEN award-winning investigative journalist Ann Louise Bardach, comes the big book on Cuba we've all been waiting for. An incisive and spirited portrait of the twentieth century's wiliest political survivor and his fiefdom, Cuba Confidential is the gripping story of the shattered families and warring personalities that lie at the heart of the forty-three-year standoff between Miami and Havana. Famous to many Americans for her cover stories and media appearances, Ann Louise Bardach has been covering Cuba for a decade. She's talked to the crooks, spooks and politicians who have made history, and to their hired assassins and confidants. Based on exclusive interviews with Fidel Castro, his sister Juanita, his former brother-in-law Rafael Díaz-Balart, the family of Elián González, the friends and family of the legendary American fugitive Robert Vesco, the intrepid terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, and the inner circles of Jeb Bush and the late exile leader Jorge Mas Canosa, Cuba Confidential exposes the hardball take-no-prisoners tactics of the Cuban exile leadership, and its manipulation and exploitation by ten American presidents. Bardach homes in on Fidel Castro and his cronies, taking us closer than we've ever been--and on the militant exiles who have devoted their lives, with CIA connivance, to trying to eliminate him. From Calle Ocho to Juan Miguel González's kitchen table in Cárdenas, from Guantánamo Bay to Union City to Washington, D.C., Ann Louise Bardach serves up an unforgettable portrait of Cuba and its exiles., From America's number one Cuba reporter, PEN award-winning investigative journalist Ann Louise Bardach, comes the big book on Cuba we've all been waiting for. An incisive and spirited portrait of the twentieth century's wiliest political survivor and his fiefdom, Cuba Confidential is the gripping story of the shattered families and warring personalities that lie at the heart of the forty-three-year standoff between Miami and Havana. Famous to many Americans for her cover stories and media appearances, Ann Louise Bardach has been covering Cuba for a decade. She's talked to the crooks, spooks and politicians who have made history, and to their hired assassins and confidants. Based on exclusive interviews with Fidel Castro, his sister Juanita, his former brother-in-law Rafael D az-Balart, the family of Eli n Gonz lez, the friends and family of the legendary American fugitive Robert Vesco, the intrepid terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, and the inner circles of Jeb Bush and the late exile leader Jorge Mas Canosa, Cuba Confidential exposes the hardball take-no-prisoners tactics of the Cuban exile leadership, and its manipulation and exploitation by ten American presidents. Bardach homes in on Fidel Castro and his cronies, taking us closer than we've ever been--and on the militant exiles who have devoted their lives, with CIA connivance, to trying to eliminate him. From Calle Ocho to Juan Miguel Gonz lez's kitchen table in C rdenas, from Guant namo Bay to Union City to Washington, D.C., Ann Louise Bardach serves up an unforgettable portrait of Cuba and its exiles.
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E183.8.C9
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