Jaime Suchlicki, one of the world’s foremost scholars on Latin America, is a professor of history at the School of International Studies at the University of Miami. He edits the Journal of Inter-American and World Affairs, consults for the U.S. government, and is the author of Mexico: From Montezuma to the Fall of the PRI and University Students and Revolution in Cuba. He lives in Coral Gables, Florida.

Toward Independence 45

The Seeds of Revolution 75

Castro in Command 135

Chronology 14922000 227

Suggested Reading 263

Index 277

About the Author 286

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