The Castro regime was the first revolutionary movement in Central America or the Caribbean to survive US opposition. It was not only a dramatic event in Cuban history; it was a significant event for the rest of the world. Five experts explore the meaning of the revolution both for Cuba and the international community in essays on Cuban politics, mass media, economy, and foreign policy. ′The essays taken together provide important information that is difficult to find elsewhere, and which is necessary for interpreting the continuously changing Cuban experiment.′ -- Choice, April 1983 ′The book contains a wealth of useful and up-to-date information on political, economic, military, and diplomatic developments in the Cuban Revolution -- presented...in a crisp, straightforward manner.′ -- Third World Quarterly, Vol 6 No 2, April 1984