Voices From the Other Side

Keith Bolender

Description

Since the early 1960s, few other countries have endured more acts of terrorism against civilian targets than Cuba, and the US has had its hand in much of it. This book gives a voice to the victims.



Keith Bolender reveals the enormous impact of terrorism on Cuba's civilian population, with over 1,000 documented incidents resulting in more than 3,000 deaths and 2,000 injuries. Bolender allows the victims to articulate the atrocities the Cuban people have suffered - which largely originate from Cuban counter-revolutionaries based in the US, often with the active help of the CIA.



With first-person interviews from more than 75 Cuban citizens who have been victims of these terrorist acts, or have had family members or close friends die from the attacks, this is a unique resource for activists, journalists and students interested in Cuba's tumultuous relationship with the US.
Acknowledgement

Introduction by Noam Chomsky

1. The Unknown War

2. Cubana Airlines

3. Hotel bombings

4. Operation Peter Pan

5. Biological terrorism

6. Boca de Samá

7. Caibarién and the Fishermen

8. Literacy Campaign

9. Cine Mobile

10. La Coubre

11. Department Stores

12. Pinar Del Rio cinema

13. The Cuban national identity

14. The Cuban Five

Notes

Index

Sujets

• Social History
• POLITICAL SCIENCE
• Histoire
• Terrorism
• Oral history
• Cuba
• History

Informations

• Publié par: Pluto Press
• Date de parution: 06 juillet 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783710942
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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