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Mariel Boatlift (7)
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1906 Cuban Pacification Campaign - http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/cuba06.htm
Overview of US military intervention.

Back to the Motherland: Cuba in Africa - http://www.monthlyreview.org/0603parenti.htm
A review of Gleijeses’ Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959–1976, summarizing the involvement of Cuba, the US, and the USSR in Angola, with some information on Mozambique and on Che's time in Congo.

Casal and Maceo: Art, War and Race in Colonial Havana - http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/ciberletras/v1n1/ens_07.htm
An academic article uses the contrasts between white poet Julián del Casal and black general Antonio Maceo to consider the conflicts and compromises of Cuban independence.

Castro explains why Angola lost against SADF - http://www.rhodesia.nl/barber.htm
Speech given when the death penalty was imposed on General Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, with a detailed account of the last year of the war, characterizing his leadership as incompetent and insubordinate.

Castroism - Deadly Danger to the Cuban Revolution - http://www.weisbord.org/Castroism.htm
A Marxist analysis of Fidel Castro and Castroism, written by Albert Weisbord.

Cuba & Batista, 1952-59 - http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=684
Brief article by Don Mabry discusses Cuban society in the 1950's, and the turning by various sectors of society from Batista to the possibilities of revolutionary change.

Cuba Documentation Project, National Security Archive - http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/latin_america/cuba.htm
US documents relating to the Bay of Pigs invasion, the missile crisis, and diplomatic initiatives in the 1960's and 70's.

Cuba, 1898-1959 - http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=122
Article by Wesley Wolfe, with bibliography, sets political and economic context for developing nationalism and the revolution.

Cuba, 1902-1925 - http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=259
Article by Don Mabry briefly discusses presidents and parties, noting US involvement in campaigns.

Cuba: Socialism and Democracy - http://socialistworld.net/publications/Cuba/
Online book by Peter Taaffe provides militant socialist examination of Cuba's revolution. He considers its applicability to industrialized economies, and compares it to revolutionary movements in Vietnam and Africa.

Cuba's Armed Forces: From Triumph to Survival - http://www.trinitydc.edu/academics/depts/Interdisc/International/caribbean%20briefings/CubaArmedForces.pdf
A history and description of the present condition of the military by Richard L. Millett.

Cuban Foreign Policy: Joint Objectives In Angola - http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1984/STP.htm
US Marine Corps officer's academic analysis of Cuba's goals in Angola in conjunction with those of the Soviet Union.

Cuban Information Archives - http://cuban-exile.com/
Primary source materials pertaining activities of Cubans in the US to end Castro's government.

Historical Text Archive - http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=46
Articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, for primary and secondary materials.

History of Cuba - http://www.historyofnations.net/northamerica/cuba.html
Provides a history of Cuba from the colonial period to the 21st Century.

History of Cuba - http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43b/index.html
Several documents related to the history of this country provided by the World History Archives.

History of Cuba Index - http://vlib.iue.it/history/americas/Cuba/index.html
World-Wide Web Virtual Library site providing links for the history of Cuba in English and Spanish.

Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) - http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/cuba/
University of Texas collection of links to academic research, culture, economy, and history resources. [English/Spanish/Portuguese]

Manuel R. Moreno Fraginals - http://www.morenofraginals.com/
His contributions to the study of Cuba, the history of sugar in this country, and the Caribbean region.

Marxist History: Cuba - http://www.marxists.org/history/cuba/index.htm
Cuban government documents, Castro speeches, and history of the Revolution.

Rock Around the Blockade - http://www.rcgfrfi.easynet.co.uk/ratb/cuba/
Cuban history presented by the Revolutionary Communist Group.

Secret Cuban Documents on History of Africa Involvement - http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB67/
Declassified US and Cuban military and intelligence documents, which contradict Kissinger's claim that the US was not cooperating with South Africa in the Angolan conflict.

Slave Law and Claims-Making in Cuba: The Tannenbaum Debate Revisited - http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/lhr/22.2/forum_fuente.html
Academic article discussing the impact of slavery on modern race relations, focusing on legal rights the slaves did have.

State Department Documents: Cuba, 1961-1962 - http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/frusX/index.html
US Department of State documents on Cuba in the period of the Bay of Pigs Invasion and preceding the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The Force of Food Life on the Atkins Family Sugar Plantation in Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1884–1900 - http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/mhr/5/pite.html
An academic article uses correspondence and other primary sources to describe racial and economic aspects of a plantation owned by a prominent Boston trading family.

The Last Slave Ships - http://www.melfisher.org/exhibitions/lastslaveships/cuba.htm
Describes Cuban society in the 1800s, with photos, including the history of slave trade and origins of the slave population.

The Timetable History of Cuba - http://historyofcuba.com
A detailed account of Cuban history beginning in 1492 and proceeding all the way to present times. You can follow the timeline or jump to the many articles, maps and photographs.

Unfinished Business: Kennedy & Cuba - http://www.jfk.org/go/exhibits/cuba/
Provides an overview of connections between President Kennedy and the country, including the Bay of Pigs, the missile crisis, and influences on Lee Harvey Oswald.

What's Going On in Cuba? - http://www.weisbord.org/WhatsGoingOn.htm
Article by Albert Weisbord analysing Agrarian Reform laws, economic results of the revolution, and political and social aspects of Castro's consolidation of power.

Witness to Persecution - http://picard.montclair.edu/witness/
Compilation of personal accounts of those whose rights have been violated, families dislocated and lives profoundly changed in the various periods of tyranny and oppression since colonial times.

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