Cuba and the US Empire: A Chronological History by Jane Franklin

2016 edition of a classic chronology of events both preceding the 1959 Cuban Revolution and each year up to 1995 is an incomparable resource for those who want to understand one of the most remarkable periods of modern political history, with a 21st century update chapter.

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 Cuba and the US Empire - A Chronological History by Jane Franklin, 3rd Edition, Monthly Review Press, 2016

Real and important changes are happening now in the relationship between Cuba and the US. New territory is being charted and no one can predict the outcome. Those tasked with this responsibility, especially in America, must realise and understand the importance of the incredible history between the two countries. This  reprint of Franklin s classic chronology of events both preceding the  1959 Cuban Revolution and each year up to 1995 is an incomparable resource for those who want to understand one of the most remarkable periods of modern political history. It is not an easy read simply because it is a date based chronology but it is invaluable to anyone who wants to truly understand day by month, year by year, the developments involving these two neighbours.

Embedding the facts with a thoughtful historical narrative, which is cross referenced and double checked, makes this scholarly  book, according to Noam Chomsky, “the most accessible, useful and insightful one that I know of”.  An excellent new chapter  Cuba and the United States in the 21st Century,  written as a narrative, updates the story with a resume of recent Florida developments on relations, the current status of Assata Shakur, the Cuban Five, and the post-9/11 years including regional Latin American tensions and the breakthrough that they caused in helping restore diplomatic relations. Franklin quotes Obama talking to Cuba s enemies in Florida about the need for change and how he reassures them “the aims are always going to be the same”.

It is our job in CSC to highlight how Cuba s many achievements—in education, health care, medical technology, direct local democracy, international solidarity - are globally unprecedented and all in spite of the blockade - which still exists. Cuba remains under serious threat and this book is a timely addition to our arguments. 

Bob Oram, review for CubaSi magazine Autumn 2016