Covering Castro: Rise and Decline of Cuba's Communist Dictator

by Jay Mallin

A good account of the vicissitudes, fascination, and dangers of covering Fidel Castro; author says, in the end, 'it has been highly satisfying.' Book contains good material on Cuba's foreign adventures, its espionage network, behind-the-scenes accounts of major decisions, and other information--Ha

201 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Gemini · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a book that I thought would be a good learning aide to what happened with Cuba & Castro. It was not something I would recommend. Not only was it a hard read but it was also alot to get through. I mean is there really a necessity to talk about the different spies/counterintelligence folk in detail? I don't really care about that stuff. The more I read the faster I wanted to get through it, I may have even skipped a chapter too. I don't know what everyone's obsession w/ Che Guevera is either, I mean as a revolutionary he was still a communist just like Castro. Knowing the impacts of certain other countries & their ties to Cuba was a bit interesting but I really found it bizarre as well. Trying to infiltrate other countries on different continents is a big order & trying to succeed at it was not something I saw as an easy task. It wasn't what I expected so I didn't really get as much out of it as I wanted to.