Revolution and Its Aftermath in Cuba

A review essay on books by (1) Sergio Diaz-Briquets & Jorge Perez-Lopez, Corruption in Cuba: Castro and Beyond (Austin: U Texas Press, 2006); (2) H. Michael Erisman & John M. Kirk [Ed], Redefining Cuban Foreign Policy: The Impact of the 'Special Period' (Gainesville: U Press Florida, 2006); (3) Samuel Farber, The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered (Chapel Hill: U North Carolina Press, 2006); (4) Hal Klepak, Cuba's Military 1990-2005: Revolutionary Soldiers during Counter-Revolutionary Times (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2005); (5) Brian Latell, After Fidel: Raul Castro and the Future of Cuba's Revolution (New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2005); (6) Ana Serra, The 'New Man' in Cuba: Culture and Identity in the Revolution (Gainesville: U Press Florida, 2007); & (7) Michelle Zebich-Knos & Heather N. Nicol [Eds], Foreign Policy toward Cuba: Isolation or Engagement? (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005).