Cuba at the Crossroads

By: Dr. or Prof. John M. Kirk (Editor), William M. LeoGrande (Editor), Philip Brenner (Editor)

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Paperback | 5 March 2020

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176 Pages

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13 - 17

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26.8 x 23.0 x 1.1

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Cuba has undergone dramatic changes since the collapse of European communism. The loss of economic aid and preferential trade with the Soviet Union and other Eastern bloc countries forced the Cuban government to search out new ways of organizing the domestic economy and new commercial relations in an international system dominated by market economies. The resulting economic reforms have reverberated through Cuban society and politics, recreating social inequalities unknown since the 1950s and confronting the political system with unprecedented new challenges. The resulting ferment is increasingly evident in Cuban cultural expression, and the responses to adversity and scarcity have reshaped Cuban social relations. Cuba today faces new challenges with the transition to a new president, Miguel Daz-Canel, and renewed hostility from the Trump administration. This timely book provides a balanced and deeply knowledgeable introduction to Cuba today. This concise overview focuses on Cuba since Raºl Castro stepped down as president, bringing together leading scholars to analyze politics, economics, foreign policy, and society in present-day Cuba. Ideally suited for students and all those seeking to understand this still contentious and controversial island, the book includes a substantive introduction setting the historical context, as well as a chronology and primary source documents.

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Cuba, as the title here indicates, is indeed at a historic crossroads, facing such simultaneous challenges as its transition to new leadership, increased hostility from the Trump administration, an economy that is not performing as well as in recent years, and an international stage that has become more complicated to navigate. This timely book draws upon leading scholars to provide a deeply knowledgeable understanding of the efforts of the government and the island’s people to confront and overcome such challenges—as they did after the disintegration of the USSR and the Soviet bloc. Both general and more specialized audiences will find this an essential read.

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