Detail the factors that brought about the Cuban revolution of 1958/59 and evaluate the successes and failures of the subsequent communist government. The first part of this essay will explore and analyze the many factors that brought about the Cuban revolution of 1958/59. These factors stretch back to when Colon first landed in Cuba in 1942. Cuba's location in the Carribean has always been the key aspect which foreign powers have most wanted the island for. This factor …showed first 75 words of 1893 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1893 total…change in Cuba. (Pittsburgh 1971) p. 385 (4) Samuel Bowles, 'Cuban Revolution and Revolutionary Ideology' Harvard Educational Review. ( Harvard 1971) pp. 41, 474 (5) Azucena Plasencia, 'Montana Adentro : La Batalla del Sexto Grado,' Bohemia vol. 67 ( 7 March 1975) p. 35 (6) Samuel Bowles, 'Cuban Education and Revolutionary Ideology' Harvard Educational Review. (Harvard November 1971) p. 486 Bibliography ·Sandor Halebsky and John M Kirk, Cuba: Twenty Five Years of Revolution 1959-1984. ( New York 1985 ) ·Huberman Leo and Paul M Sweezy, Cuba: Anatomy of a Revolution. (New York 1985 ) Word Count: 1937