From the cover: This chronological history is an invaluable resource for sholars, teachers, journalists, legislators, and anyone interested in international relations, offering an unprecedented vision of U.S.-Cuba relations.

Based on exceptionally wide research, U.S. historian Jane Franklin relates day by day, year by year, the developments involving the two neighboring countries from the 1959 Cuban revolution through 1995. An introductory section chronicles the history of Cuba from the time of the arrival of Christopher Columbus.

"Whether one reads this as a history, or keeps it handy as a ready reference, this is a book that no serious student of U.S.-Cuba relations can afford to be without." - - Philip Brenner, American University

"A marvelous work that puts the U.S. Government's outrageous aggression into stark and stunning context." -- John Marciano, State University of New York