Retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer Henry Butterfield Ryan shows conclusively that the U.S. government neither killed Che Guevara nor ordered him killed. This book tells the story for the first time of the United States government's ...
War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolu...
Nelson A. DenisIn 1950, after over fifty years of military occupation and colonial rule, the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico staged an unsuccessful armed insurrection against the United States. Violence swept through the island: assassins were sent...
Haiti: The Tumultuous History--From P...
Philippe R. GirardWhy has Haiti been plagued by so many woes? Why have multiple U.S. efforts to create a stable democracy in Haiti failed so spectacularly? Philippe Girard answers these and other questions, examining how colonialism and slavery have le...
Castro's Secrets: The CIA and Cuba's ...
Brian LatellPublished to glowing reviews, this riveting narrative takes us back to when the Cuban Revolution was young and offers a new and surprising look at Fidel Castro. Drawing on interviews with high-level defectors from Cuban intelligence,...
Cuba: Castro, Revolution, and the End...
Flash GuidesCuba: The Mob, Castro, and the End of the Embargo, explores Cuba's complicated history and emergence from an era of economic isolation from the US. Exploring America's relationship with Cuba, the many political forces that have shaped...
Through, Sweat, Tears and Triumphs: R...
Jennifer BlakeAt last a book has finally been written about the African and Caribbean communities in Walsall. This remarkable book is the result of genuine collaborative efforts of a number of Walsall and Black Country participants. Not only does t...
Island People: The Caribbean and the ...
Joshua Jelly-SchapiroThis masterwork of travel literature and history provides a kaleidoscopic portrait of the Caribbean and illuminates its fierce grip on the world's imagination.From the moment Columbus gazed out from the deck of the Santa María in 1...
My family grew up on the U.S. island of St. Croix, free from America's skin color drama. We locals refer to white people from the mainland as continentals, and to blacks as Yankees. In 1972, a local Vietnam vet tried to kill two cops...
The Big Truck That Went By: How the W...
Jonathan M. KatzNAMED ONE OF THE BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYAmazon * Christian Science Monitor * Kirkus Reviews * Slate 2014 Helen Bernstein Award Finalist -- Winner, 2013 WOLA-Duke Book Award -- Winner, 2012 J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-P...
Few Americans understand Cuba--past, present, and future--better than Brian Latell. He has combined an old CIA hand's knowledge and insights with a clear, readable writer's touch to bring both Castros--Fidel and his enigmatic brother ...
Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story ...
Andrea StuartIn the late 1630s, lured by the promise of the New World, Andrea Stuart's earliest known maternal ancestor, George Ashby, set sail from England to settle in Barbados. He fell into the life of a sugar plantation owner by mere chance, b...
The Dead Yard: A Story of Modern Jama...
Ian ThomsonNamed the Dolman Travel Book of the Year, The Dead Yard paints an unforgettable portrait of modern Jamaica. Since independence, Jamaica has gradually become associated with twin images--a resort-style travel Eden for foreigners and a ...
Silencing the Past: Power and the Pro...
Michel-Rolp TrouillotPlacing the West's failure to acknowledge the most successful slave revolt in history alongside denials of the Holocaust and the debates over the Alamo and Christopher Columbus, Michel-Rolph Trouillot offers a stunning meditation on h...
Westminster's Jewel: The Barbados Sto...
Olutoye WalrondWESTMINSTER’S JEWEL, is a rare exposé on the history and evolution of Barbadian society, that will captivate both Barbadians (and other Caribbeans) and citizens of the United Kingdom unfamiliar with the history of British coloniali...
Mountain Majesty: The History of CODE...
John V. WiningsIs it possible to change the world, or at least some part of it?>Mountain Majesty: The History of CODEP Haiti Where Sustainable Agricultural Development Works takes an in-depth look at a unique organization that has improved the lives...
The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraor...
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