the secret story behind the coming downfall of communist Cuba Oppenheimer, Andres 1951- creator text bibliography nyu New York Simon & Schuster 1993 1st Touchstone ed., Updated with a new epilogue. monographic eng spa

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474 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Reported from inside Cuba by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Andres Oppenheimer, Castro's Final Hour chronicles the dramatic events that have crippled the more-than-three-decades-old Marxist regime of Fidel Castro. From the execution of the country's most celebrated Army general in 1989 to the devastating effects of the loss of all Soviet aid, the picture Oppenheimer paints is extraordinarily detailed and pt. I.A Crack in the System: The Ochoa-De La Guardia Case (1986-1989). 1. The General, the Playboy and the Drug Smuggler. 2. The Boys Are in Trouble. 3. A Trial with a Message. 4. The Purging of a Nation -- pt. II. Marooned: Panama, Nicaragua and the Soviet Pullout (1989-1990). 5. Exit Panama. 6. Exit Nicaragua. 7. The "Bolos" (Soviets) Pack Up. 8. Bicycles, Oxen and Potato Jam. 9. Che's Grandchildren -- pt. III. The Politics of Survival: Selling Out the Cuban Revolution (1990-1991). 10. Banking on an Old Ghost -- Tourism. 11. The Zombie Factor. 12. Courting the Babalaos -- pt. IV. Collapse of a Revolution (1991-1992). 13. The Soviet Coup. 14. The Congress. 15. Requiem for a Revolution. Andres Oppenheimer. "A Touchstone book." Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-462) and index. nwcu--- Castro, Fidel 1926-2016 Cuba Politics and government 1990- Cuba Social conditions 1990- Cuba Política y gobierno 1990- Cuba Condiciones sociales 107 F 1788.22 O62c 1993 972.9106/4 0671872990 (pbk.) 0671728733 DLC 930729 20230411090652.0 spa