TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frank,Marc
TI  - Cuban revelations: behind the scenes in Havana 
T2  - Contemporary Cuba
SN  - 9780813044651 (alk. paper)
AV  - 107 F 1788 F828c 2013
U1  - 327.7291073 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Gainesville, FL
PB  - University Press of Florida
KW  - Castro, Fidel,
KW  - Castro, Raúl,
KW  - Cuba
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - United States
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1990-
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - History
KW  - Relaciones exteriores
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Política y gobierno
KW  - Historia
KW  - Condiciones sociales
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-312) and index; Part I. Revolution on the ropes (1994-2008) -- Trauma -- Castro falters -- The big bang -- Raâul pinch-hits -- Fidel steps down -- From Clinton to Bush -- Part II. Raâul Castro in power (2008-2009) -- Conservative reformers -- Computers, cell phones, hotels, and more -- Disaster, man-made and natural -- Obamamania -- Old foes get reacquainted -- Shock and awe, Raâul style -- Part III. The road to reform (2009-2010) -- Blueprint for survival -- Stealth reform -- Obama versus Raâul -- Wired -- Castro, the cardinal, and the damas -- Fidel, born again -- Part IV. Brave new world (2010-2013) -- Pink slips and permits -- Requiem for the command economy -- On the road again -- Forward march -- Cheers and jeers
N2  - Examining the effects of U.S. policy toward Cuba, Frank analyzes why Cuba has entered an extraordinary, irreversible period of change and considers what the island's future holds. The enormous social engineering project taking place today under Raúl's leadership is fraught with many dangers, and Cuban Revelations follows the new leader's efforts to overcome bureaucratic resistance and the fears of a populace that stand in his way
ER  -