Learn about Cuba: its history, conflicts, leadership, and more. is currently in the news"--Provided by publisher.

Includes index.

Always in the news -- Spanish Cuba -- Powerful leaders -- Revolution! -- Cuba after the revolution -- The world reacts -- The Bay of Pigs -- Cuba and communism -- The Cuban missile crisis -- Cuba and the third world -- 1989 : a wind of change -- Successes and failures -- Cuba's future.