San Antonio College Library

Castro's Final Hour is the first book to describe the breakdown of Cuban communism and the gradual unraveling of Castro's three-decade hold on the island. Reported from inside Cuba by Pulitzer Prize-winning Miami Herald correspondent Andres Oppenheimer in the wake of the Soviet bloc's collapse, this is a book whose extraordinary disclosures and engrossing detail tell a remarkable story. Mr. Oppenheimer's lively narrative opens with the 1989 firing-squad...

Chronicles the life of the controversial Cuban leader, and describes the various assassination attempts against him, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the relationship between Cuba and Venezuela in the twenty-first century, the Helms Burton Act, and other related topics.

In 1959, Fidel Castro rose to power in Cuba. He has been one of the most controversial figures in the world ever since. The Fidel Castro Tapes chronicles the Cuban leader's ability to maintain control through ongoing tumult in his country, and in his dealings with the United States and the rest of the world. The Fidel Castro Tapes is a story told without interviews. Instead the program relies on media reports, rare images and recordings to document...

Covering the turbulent period of the 1990s, this book examines such issues as the impact on Cuba of the Soviet Union's collapse, the country's social malaise under economic scarcity, the reorganization of its economy, changes in its political system, problems in its relations with the United States, and the renaissance of Cuban religious life in the aftermath of the pope's visit. Azicri offers an objectively researched study that addresses many of...

"In this behind-the-scenes account, former top CIA officer and Cuba expert Brian Latell makes a startling claim about the extraordinary Castro brothers and Cuba's future. Here is an unprecedented view into the brothers' remarkable relationship, revealing how Fidel and Raul have collaborated in policymaking, divided responsibilities, and resolved disagreements for more than forty-six years - a challenge to the notion that the little-known Raul has...