Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHRONOLOGY: MAJOR EVENTS IN CUBAN HISTORY, 1868–1961

INTRODUCTION

ONE
The Prerevolutionary Economy: Progress or Stagnation?

TWO
Fidel Castro and the Cuban Populist Tradition

THREE
U.S. Policy and the Cuban Revolution

FOUR
The Driving Force of the Cuban Revolution: From Above or From Below?

FIVE
The Role of the Soviet Union and the Cuban Communists

EPILOGUE

NOTES

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX