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Listening Length: 13 hours and 16 minutes
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Audible.com Release Date: August 20, 2008
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If you want to know why the revolution you will find it all here. This is an excellent book and I probably should have given it a five (originally I gave it a 4). I am probably a bit too picky but the author's use of language, while consistently engaging, lively, informative, colorful and descriptive occasionally messes up a metaphor. Like I said, I'm way too picky--I strongly recommend this book for anyone who wants to know the fascinating back story of the Cuban revolution and a reasonable explanation for the incredible longevity of the Fidelista state. It certainly won't put you to sleep--maybe that is the highest compliment I can give a popular history account. I just went back and changed my rating. With out preaching, the book describes the utter moral bankruptcy of the collection of Cuban gangsters, large landowners, rich factory owners and others in the Cuban elite who eagerly sold their country out to the highest bidder--which just happened to be the American mob.
Throughout my thirty years as a history teacher, I never had any interest in the history of the Mob. And then I read Havana Nocturne. This is one terrific read. The author tells not only the history of organized crime in Cuba, but also the political history of the island--how Batista staged a coup in 1952 and how Fidel Castro used the abuses of American corporations and the political corruption by the gangsters to foment revolution.Along the way, the book includes profiles of mobsters like Meyer Lansky, Lucky Luciano, Santo Triffficante and Albert Anastasia. He also discusses the glamorous night life of Havana in the 1950s. I would highly recommend this book to any history buff or anyone interested in the history of organized crime in America.
Besides the riveting history of the Mob’s infiltration of Havana in the 50s, this entrancing book paints an illustrious portrait of the city as the entertainment capital of the world at that time. The author, not unjustly, conjures up Rome during it’s fall as the only comparable precedent. Having just returned from a short stay in Havana, the contrast with the depictions in this book are stark and saddening. However, I did drive in an 1956 convertible pink American automobile from the Meliá Habana to the Tropicana where I enjoyed probably the best cabaret show ever experience it perhaps for a short few hours a very small taste of what the city was like during its heyday.
I read this as I was gearing up for a trip to Cuba. I liked the perspective and it brought to life Havana in the 50s. When I went to Havana, I saw the Naticional and Havana show-dancers, with this in mind, which made my trip all the more interesting. The book covers a screen shot in the entire history of Cuba, but certainly gives perspective on why Havana is how it is today-- from the gorgeous buildings, (now run down, but the bones of beauty are still there. One can also argue that there were benefits of Bautista being overrun by Castro, as the mob would have raped Cuba and done nothing for the people as a whole. "Waiting for Snow in Havana" is another good book (also a bit slow to start, as it too gets bogged down) but shows what a terror Fidel was.... The U.S. did not do much to instill confidence in the Cubans that America would not take Cuban's sovereignty for its own.
This is a book that gives credence to the statement 'fact is better than fiction'.A lot of detail is given to the main characters of the story, and very little given to the condition of the people that were the deciding factor in the ending of this part of Cuba's history, the peasants.Having lived at the time of Castro's taking Cuba, I heard my father talk about Castro and Che with deep admiration. I later formed a similar feeling towards these men as facts began to unfold about the conditions of the 'peasants' in Cuba. Mr. English touches on the sexual degradation of the Cuban people that began with Columbus' landing and, although mentioned how the tourist paid $100 for, in his words, "a so-called virgin", what he failed to mention was the tourist, European and white Americans, also paid to have sex with little children. The Cuban's were so poor, it was said that they pimped their babies out for food.Another point that was not mentioned was that 95% of the Cuban people did not receive medical attention, education or proper nourishment at the time that the Casinos were bringing in millions in revenue. Those 5% that did benefit from the Cuban night life are the ones that fled Cuba.The remaining 95% are the ones that to this day shout, "Viva La Castro". A newswoman that visited Cuba stated she could not understand how the Cubans could be so happy because they lived in hovels. She, of course, was ignorant of their condition before Castro.I feel that if these and similar facts had been included, the full impact of the power that Castro has would have been more fully understood.In the 'Epilogue', there is mention of the anti-Castro group waiting for the day they will return to Cuba. That would be interesting. The life they lived no longer exists, not to mention, many of them are senior, senior citizens, but I surmise from the book, that playing on the hatred that the US still harbors towards Castro, they have been catered to in some form or fashion by the political parties.Castro became unpopular and the victim of negative propaganda because he dared to stand up against the United States.If you read this book knowing the full backdrop, I think it will give the information more substance. It will explain how Castro was so successful in overthrowing the corrupt government, ousting the mob, and most of all, why the people of Cuba back him and he is still their hero.
Finally, a book that covers the history of Havana before Castro took over. My dad flew for Pan American Airways back in the 40s and 50s. There were times when he would make 4 to 6 trips a day to Havana. He knew all the major players: The mafia, the gamblers, the celebrities, the CIA operatives, and even a few of Castro's spies. I, myself, a small boy, made many trips with him to Havana. Pan Am always put it crew up to stay at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba. The food there was superb as was the service...and the women beautiful beyond compare. It was an age now lost in time and I shall never forget it.
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