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Title

This is Cuba : an American journalist under Castro's shadow / David Ariosto.

Author

Publisher	New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
Copyright	©2018

Description

viii, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs ; 22 cm

Edition

First edition.

LOCATION	CALL NUMBER	VOL	BARCODE	LAST CHECKIN	STATUS
RV-Lower Stacks	972.9107 ARIOSTO		30646003805987	06-17-19	AVAILABLE

Contents	Last call with Castro -- The spies among us -- Men from State -- The missing sink -- Hearts, we do not know -- Por botella -- Los Yankees -- Blue shrink-wrap -- Rumble to the east -- Rising dissent -- The church broker -- "The wild colt of new technologies" -- Left behind -- A way out -- Return to Gotham -- The benefactor -- Into chaos -- Trappings of detente -- The normalization -- The old guard -- Alan Gross -- Return of the embassies -- The boom years -- Cold War games -- Baltimore back channel.
Summary	"Traces the author's two-year photojournalism assignment in 2009 Havana, where he was confronted by the realities of Fidel Castro's police state before witnessing the fallout of America's trade embargo, Castro's death, suspected sonic attacks and a massive political transition." -- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Ariosto, David.
	Americans -- Cuba -- Biography.
	Cuba -- History -- 21st century.
	Cuba -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
	Cuba -- Description and travel.
Other title	American journalist under Castro's shadow
ISBN	9781250176974
	1250176972

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