Ernestos Ghost

Author : Edward Gonzalez
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135132442X
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ernesto's Ghost written by Edward Gonzalez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against a backdrop of real people and events, Ernesto's Ghost is more than an espionage thriller or historical novel about Cuba. It is about moral choices-the moral choices made by the novel's central character, Professor David Diamond, when he discovers the dark side of the revolution, and the choices made by the other principal characters regarding their revolutionary commitment, their loved ones, and their professionalism. The time is 1974. A possible rapprochement between the United States and Cuba is in the offing following Nixon's resignation. But Henry Kissinger and the State Department are receiving mixed signals from Havana. On the eve of his trip to Cuba, the CIA tries to enlist Diamond in sorting out Fidel Castro's real intentions. The novel follows Diamond in Cuba as he begins to doubt the revolution only to fall in love with the stunning Catalina Cruz. It traces Catalina's own struggle in getting over the death of her beloved Ernesto, the epitome of Cuba's new man, and in ultimately questioning her government's policies. And it is a tale of the two lovers fending off Cuba's all-powerful state and the Comandante himself. On still other levels Ernesto's Ghost follows the dedication and courage of two intelligence officers-the CIA's Rudy Garcya and Joaquyn Acosta of Cuba's State Security-who are guided more by their own moral compasses than by the dictates of their governments. It is also about a revolution gone astray and the conceit of idealism that blinded so many of its followers. Finally, Ernesto's Ghost takes the reader through a labyrinth of political intrigue, with its concluding chapters full of unexpected twists and revelations, with mounting tension and suspense. It will appeal to those who enjoy popular fiction, as well as those interested in learning more about international politics and a major political phenomenon of our times.

Author : Edward Gonzalez
Publisher : Transaction Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780765801357
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ernesto's Ghost written by Edward Gonzalez and published by Transaction Pub. This book was released on 2002 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against a backdrop of real people and events, Ernesto's Ghost is more than an espionage thriller or historical novel about Cuba. It is about moral choices-the moral choices made by the novel's central character, Professor David Diamond, when he discovers the dark side of the revolution, and the choices made by the other principal characters regarding their revolutionary commitment, their loved ones, and their professionalism. The time is 1974. A possible rapprochement between the United States and Cuba is in the offing following Nixon's resignation. But Henry Kissinger and the State Department are receiving mixed signals from Havana. On the eve of his trip to Cuba, the CIA tries to enlist Diamond in sorting out Fidel Castro's real intentions. The novel follows Diamond in Cuba as he begins to doubt the revolution only to fall in love with the stunning Catalina Cruz. It traces Catalina's own struggle in getting over the death of her beloved Ernesto, the epitome of Cuba's new man, and in ultimately questioning her government's policies. And it is a tale of the two lovers fending off Cuba's all-powerful state and the Comandante himself. On still other levels Ernesto's Ghost follows the dedication and courage of two intelligence officers-the CIA's Rudy Garca and Joaqun Acosta of Cuba's State Security-who are guided more by their own moral compasses than by the dictates of their governments. It is also about a revolution gone astray and the conceit of idealism that blinded so many of its followers. Finally, Ernesto's Ghost takes the reader through a labyrinth of political intrigue, with its concluding chapters full of unexpected twists and revelations, with mounting tension and suspense. It will appeal to those who enjoy popular fiction, as well as those interested in learning more about international politics and a major political phenomenon of our times. Edward Gonzalez is professor emeritus at UCLA, where he taught political science. Over the past thirty-three years he has published academic studies on various aspects of the Cuban revolution as well as RAND reports on U.S. policy toward the Cuban government. Among his major writings is Cuba under Castro: The Limits of Charisma.

Author : Carolina Rocha
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137030879
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Representing History, Class, and Gender in Spain and Latin America written by Carolina Rocha and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-07-25 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology explores the role of children and teenagers in Latin American and Spanish Film as protagonists, victims and witnesses of societies polarized by and still grappling with the consequences of political divisions.

Author : Dale Stone
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490782842
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deja Vu written by Dale Stone and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deja vu is primarily a recollection of travel experiences and events. Places, people and politics mingle and intersperse the seperate flow relating the disparate stories, views, commentaries and outright outbursts of disbelief of the state of politics, the turning on of the TV to see war and horror... and then to get back to the tricky thing that MIRROR LAKE is so beautiful it really defies description. Sometimes the number of beers that it takes to get one's mind from one thing to another eventuates an entirely unrelated experience that then insists on being told... Maybe DEJA VU will seem somewhat deja vu-ish to you...

Author : M. Delores Carlito
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810856806
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cuban-American Fiction in English written by M. Delores Carlito and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bibliography contains listings and annotations of all novels, anthologies, and short story collections written by the first, 1.5, and second generations of Cuban Americans. This work also contains listings and annotations of all secondary works dealing with this fiction, as well as related memoirs, autobiographies and interviews.

Author : Melanie Sumner
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616200138
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ghost of Milagro Creek written by Melanie Sumner and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Devastating . . . [Ghost of Milagro Creek] simmers with metaphysical tension."—Time Out Chicago The story of Ignacia Vigil Romero, a full Jacarilla Apache, and the two boys, Mister and Tomás, she raised to adulthood unfolds in a barrio of Taos, New Mexico—a mixed community of Native Americans, Hispanics, and whites. Now deceased, Ignacia, a curandera—a medicine woman, though some say a witch—begins this tale of star-crossed lovers. Mister and Tomás, best friends until their late teens, both fall for Rocky, a gringa of some mystery, a girl Tomás takes for himself. But in a moment of despair, a pledge between the young men leads to murder. When Ignacia falls silent, police reports, witness statements, and caseworker interviews draw an electrifying portrait of a troubled community and of the vulnerable players in this mounting tragedy. Set in a terrain that becomes a character in its own right, The Ghost of Milagro Creek brilliantly illuminates this hidden corner of American society.

Author : Beatriz Rivera
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
ISBN 13 : 9781611922523
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Playing With Light written by Beatriz Rivera and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2000-06-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Rebecca, a well-to-do Cuban-American woman, decides that sheÍd like to revive the old Cuban tradition of the tertulia, or womenÍs get-together, her best friend dashes her hopes, explaining that in todayÍs career-driven world even her friends require a compelling reason to come from all over Miami to casually meet and chat. At last, the ingenious Becky hits upon the idea of a reading group, and the book selected is a historical novel about nineteenth-century Cuba: the saga of an aristocratic dress-manufacturing clan, the Santa Cruz family. The novel is called . . . Playing with Light. Oddly, as they get ever deeper into the story of the Santa Cruzes„especially Tico and Lolo„strange things begin to happen to the reading group. Everyone seems to be . . . sucked in . . . and affected (not necessarily pleasantly) by the saga. (ñWhatÍs for dinner, Mommy?î ñGet a slice of salami out of the refrigerator, dear. CanÍt you see IÍm reading?î) As two worlds, from two different centuries, begin to intertwine in odd ways, and her friends begin to . . . well, to disappear, actually . . . Rebecca canÍt help but wonder what sheÍs gotten herself into. Beatriz Rivera has written an entrancing and wonderfully ambitious novel that places her in the first rank of writers of her generation.

Author : Edward Gonzalez
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0833036173
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cuba After Castro written by Edward Gonzalez and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2004-06-29 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the end of the Castro era arrives, the successor government and the Cuban people will need to answer certain questions: How is Castro's more than four-decade rule likely to affect a post-Castro Cuba? What will be the political, social, and economic challenges Cuba will confront? What are the impediments to Cuba's economic development and democratic transition? The authors examine Castro's political legacies, Cuba's generational and racial divisions, its demographic predicament, the legacy of a centralized economy, and the need for industrial restructuring.

Author : Lisandro Perez
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822970805
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cuban Studies 34 written by Lisandro Perez and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2004-02-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cuban Studies has been published annually by the University of Pittsburgh Press since 1985. Founded in 1970, it is the preeminent journal for scholarly work on Cuba. Each volume includes articles in both English and Spanish, a large book review section, and an exhaustive compilation of recent works in the field.

Author : Todd Moss
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698406400
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghosts of Havana written by Todd Moss and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely international thriller by the former deputy assistant secretary of state and bestselling author. When four American sport fishermen stray into Cuban waters and are promptly arrested by Castro’s navy, State Department crisis manager Judd Ryker finds himself called in to negotiate their release. But the more Ryker digs in to the situation, the more things he discovers that just don’t seem to fit, especially now, with relations between the United States and Cuba supposedly thawing. Who are these men really, and what were they doing there? What is Ryker’s actual mission, and what is his own government hiding from him? Some people want the new initiative to succeed. Others want to stop it at any cost. Still others see it as an opportunity for something much more radical. The common factor for every one of them: the time to act is right this minute. The ghosts of Havana are walking, and Ryker is caught in the middle of them all.