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Castro, Fidel@  (10)
Guevara, Ernesto Che  (18)
Marti, José  (5)

Wars and Conflicts@  (0)

Bay of Pigs  (3)
Cuban Missile Crisis@  (22)
Mariel Boatlift  (12)

October Crisis@  (22)
Playa Giron@  (3)
Revolution  (6)

Casal and Maceo: Art, War and Race in Colonial Havana - An academic article uses the contrasts between white poet Julián del Casal and black general Antonio Maceo to consider the conflicts and compromises of Cuban independence.
Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington and Africa, 1959-1976 - Dr. Piero Gleijeses summarizes his 2002 book, providing a timeline of Cuban involvement in Africa, with analysis of its motivations and the role of the USSR.
Cuba 1762 - Photo tour and history of British capture of Havana during Seven Years War.
Cuba, 1898-1959 - Article by Wesley Wolfe, with bibliography, sets political and economic context for developing nationalism and the revolution.
Cuba, 1902-1925 - Article by Don Mabry briefly discusses presidents and parties, noting US involvement in campaigns.
Cuba & Batista, 1952-59 - Brief article by Don Mabry discusses Cuban society in the 1950's, and the turning by various sectors of society from Batista to the possibilities of revolutionary change.
Cuba and World History - Cuba and the apocalyptic atomic confrontation are part of events dating to the beginning of the Christian era.
Cuba Documentation Project, National Security Archive - US documents relating to the Bay of Pigs invasion, the missile crisis, and diplomatic initiatives in the 1960's and 70's.
Cuban Information Archives - Primary source materials pertaining activities of Cubans in the US to end Castro's government.
1906 Cuban Pacification Campaign - Overview of US military intervention.
Historical Text Archive - Articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, for primary and secondary materials.
History of Cuba - Provides a history of Cuba from the colonial period to the 21st Century.
History of Cuba - Several documents related to the history of this country provided by the World History Archives.
History of Cuba Index - World-Wide Web Virtual Library site providing links for the history of Cuba in English and Spanish.
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) - University of Texas collection of links to academic research, culture, economy, and history resources. [English/Spanish/Portuguese]
Manuel R. Moreno Fraginals - His contributions to the study of Cuba, the history of sugar in this country, and the Caribbean region.
Marxist History: Cuba - Cuban government documents, Castro speeches, and history of the Revolution.
Rock Around the Blockade - Cuban history presented by the Revolutionary Communist Group.
Secret Cuban Documents on History of Africa Involvement - Declassified US and Cuban military and intelligence documents, which contradict Kissinger's claim that the US was not cooperating with South Africa in the Angolan conflict.
State Department Documents: Cuba, 1961-1962 - US Department of State documents on Cuba in the period of the Bay of Pigs Invasion and preceding the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The Timetable History of Cuba - A detailed account of Cuban history beginning in 1492 and proceeding all the way to present times. You can follow the timeline or jump to the many articles, maps and photographs.
Unfinished Business: Kennedy & Cuba - Provides an overview of connections between President Kennedy and the country, including the Bay of Pigs, the missile crisis, and influences on Lee Harvey Oswald.
Witness to Persecution - Compilation of personal accounts of those whose rights have been violated, families dislocated and lives profoundly changed in the various periods of tyranny and oppression since colonial times.


Slave Law and Claims-Making in Cuba: The Tannenbaum Debate Revisited - Academic article discussing the impact of slavery on modern race relations, focusing on legal rights the slaves did have. (June 21, 2004)
Back to the Motherland: Cuba in Africa - A review of Gleijeses’ Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959–1976, summarizing the involvement of Cuba, the US, and the USSR in Angola, with some information on Mozambique and on Che's time in Congo. (June, 2003)
The Force of Food Life on the Atkins Family Sugar Plantation in Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1884–1900 - An academic article uses correspondence and other primary sources to describe racial and economic aspects of a plantation owned by a prominent Boston trading family. (2003)
Cuba: Socialism and Democracy - Online book by Peter Taaffe provides militant socialist examination of Cuba's revolution. He considers its applicability to industrialized economies, and compares it to revolutionary movements in Vietnam and Africa. (May 1, 2000)
Cuba's Armed Forces: From Triumph to Survival - A history and description of the present condition of the military by Richard L. Millett. [PDF] (September 1, 1993)
Castro explains why Angola lost against SADF - Speech given when the death penalty was imposed on General Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, with a detailed account of the last year of the war, characterizing his leadership as incompetent and insubordinate. (July 29, 1989)
Cuban Foreign Policy: Joint Objectives In Angola - US Marine Corps officer's academic analysis of Cuba's goals in Angola in conjunction with those of the Soviet Union. (April 6, 1984)
Castroism - Deadly Danger to the Cuban Revolution - A Marxist analysis of Fidel Castro and Castroism, written by Albert Weisbord. (December 1, 1962)
What's Going On in Cuba? - Article by Albert Weisbord analysing Agrarian Reform laws, economic results of the revolution, and political and social aspects of Castro's consolidation of power. (April 1, 1960)