Key Figures
Leader: Fulgencio Batista
Geopolitical analyses and chronicles addressing the decisions, influence, and historical impact of Fulgencio Batista.
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Published Chronicles & Analyses
International Crises
The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962: Thirteen Days on the Brink of Apocalypse
How Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba brought the world to the edge of nuclear war and how secret diplomacy saved humanity.
International Crises
The Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961: The CIA's Cuban Debacle
The failed invasion of Cuba by US-backed exiles, which strengthened Castro's regime and pushed him directly into the Soviet sphere.
Geopolitical Chronology
The Cuban Revolution of 1959: Castro Takes Power in Havana
An analysis of the guerrilla war in the Sierra Maestra mountains, the fall of Fulgencio Batista, and the birth of a socialist state 90 miles from Florida.