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The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five
Fernando Morais
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Description for The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five
Paperback. First published as Os aUltimos Soldados da Guerra Fria, Companhia das Letras, 2011. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJPR; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 366.
Through the 1980s and 1990s, violent anti-Castro groups based in Florida carried out hundreds of military attacks on Cuba, bombing hotels and shooting up Cuban beaches with machine guns. The Cuban government struck back with the Wasp Network-a dozen men and two women-sent to infiltrate those organizations.
The Last Soldiers of the Cold War tells the story of those unlikely Cuban spies and their eventual unmasking and prosecution by US authorities. Five of the Cubans received long or life prison terms on charges of espionage and murder. Global best-selling Brazilian author ... Read more
Through the 1980s and 1990s, violent anti-Castro groups based in Florida carried out hundreds of military attacks on Cuba, bombing hotels and shooting up Cuban beaches with machine guns. The Cuban government struck back with the Wasp Network-a dozen men and two women-sent to infiltrate those organizations.
The Last Soldiers of the Cold War tells the story of those unlikely Cuban spies and their eventual unmasking and prosecution by US authorities. Five of the Cubans received long or life prison terms on charges of espionage and murder. Global best-selling Brazilian author ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
365g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781688762
SKU
V9781781688762
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About Fernando Morais
FERNANDO MORAIS is one of Brazil's most important contemporary writers and journalists. He has received the Esso Award three times and the April Award for journalism on four occasions. Morais works have sold more than two million copies in more than nineteen countries.
Reviews for The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five
Exhaustively researched and cinematically vivid.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Morais is to be applauded for bringing the full story to light after years of interviews and research. This work stands alone in the continuing saga of Cuban-American history, past and present.
Library Journal
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Morais is to be applauded for bringing the full story to light after years of interviews and research. This work stands alone in the continuing saga of Cuban-American history, past and present.
Library Journal