Cuba: A History. Hugh Thomas Unknown Binding – January 1, 2010

Great book, but its bigger than a bible and the print is very small. I bought a whole page magnifier so that I could read it,

A most thorough examination of Cuba's history. Sometimes the details were dificult to follow and not really necessary to understand the Cuban "psychology"

On par with the late William Manchester as a master of making seemingly dry yet important details totally readable, Hugh Thomas provides the reader with a thorough, digestible narration of the fast moving kaleidoscope of Cuban cultural and political history. As always, his Reference section is a gold mine; he also notes what is missing: No biography exists of either Machado, or Jose Marti, two significant players. As Cuba is currently still in a state of dynamic flux, one can only hope Dr. Thomas produces an update - perhaps loose-leaf notebook style! Peter O. Whitmer

Excellent. Complete. Well-documented. It's a complicated history of colonialism, capitalism, socialism and a true social experiment. This helped me see many perspectives in a well-written, never boring, almost conversational way. It's satisfying and enjoyable.

Hugh Thomas's enormous history/biography of Cuba stands out above all others. It is the classic textbook, but readable, fascinating, and very very very long.

Very good.

A+

Bueno

This book is huge, it's too big in fact. I only got it because I'm fascinated in Cuba & wanted a long comprehensive historical analysis of the country, but I haven't finished it & probably never will lol. But I have the read the chapters which interest me. It's one of the books that you put on your bookshelf & you read a chapter every now & again. It's not a book you read in one go, certainly not. So if you want one of those then buy a shorter book about Cuba (300 to 500 pages) not this one which is 1000 pages plus or so

This is a great book,and very detailed. As i am not even half way through on my kindle, i can't give a detailed review. However, what i have read so far is excellent. If you are a history buff and love Cuba, i would highly recommend.

Have never really understood Cuban history apart from my memories of years ago in the Western press. My knowledge has now been corrected and I am keen to find out more. I enjoyed the introduction where he compares history to current affairs and it is only really when an item becomes history (with archives opened up etc) that you truly have a real understanding of what happened. Very readable with tremendous detail. Loved it. For anyone like me who has a serious interest in Cuban history and how the British then Americans became involved followed of course by the Eastern block including Russia I can recommend this.

This was purchased to expand my knowledge in the History of Cuba, the politics and culture of the country, and it does that in a very easy to digest and comprehensive way

If you have been to Cuba this book will give you the history of the past