ABOUT THIS BOOK

Ten original essays by an international team of scholars specializing in Cuba, the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Latin America focus on the fall of communism in Europe and the transition to a market economy. Major themes of this study are the impact of the USSR's collapse on Cuba, how the historic events in Europe have affected the Central and South American Left, their implications to Cuba, Cuba's policies for confronting the crisis, and potential scenarios for the political and economic transformation of Cuba.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Carmelo Mesa-Lago is Distinguished Service Professor emeritus of economics and Latin American studies at the University of Pittsburgh.

REVIEWS

“The papers discuss the causes of the downfall of the Soviet bloc nations, the impact of their fall on Cuba, and the implications of these historic changes for Latin America.”
—Journal of Economic Literature

“This is a remarkable book in the field of Cuban studies for it explains the reasons, circumstances, and consequences of the breakdown of the Cuban economy as it confronted the reduction and ultimate total cut-off of Soviet-Russian aid.”
—Journal of Comparative Economics

“For a sober and detailed examination of the immediate background of the current situation in Cuba there is no better place to begin than with the Carmelo Mesa-Lago volume. This outstanding contribution looks at the impact of the collapse of Cuba's most important alliances and examines the reasons Cuba escaped the domino effect that led to the rapid demise of communism in Eastern Europe.”
—Foreign Affairs

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Cuba, the Last Communist Warrior

2. Analogies and the Loss of Community: Cuba and East Europe in the 1990s

3. The End of the Soviet-Cuban Partnership

4. The Political Impact on Cuba of the Reform and Collapse of Commmunist Regimes

5. The Economic Effects on Cuba of the Downfall of Socialism in the USSR and Eastern Europe

6. Cuba's Economic Policies and Strategies for Confronting the Crisis

7. Cuba and the Central American Connection

8. The Impact of the Collapse of Communism and the Cuban Crisis on the South American Left

9. A Strategy for the Economic Transformation of Cuba Based on the East European Experience

10. Anaglogies Between East European Socialist Regimes and Cuba: Scenarios for the Future

Notes on Contributors

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