Back From the Future

This book has long been regarded as the definitive history of Castro's communist regime beginning in 1959 through the 1990s. This updated second edition contains a new epilogue by the author that covers the last decade including such newsworthy events as the Elian Gonzalez controversy the growing immigrant community of Cuban-Americans in Florida the role of Cuban-Americans in the 2000 presidential election the withering U.S. sales embargo and the inevitable transition of power now that Castro is in his mid-70s.