Cubas forgotten decade : how the 1970s shaped the revolution Cubas Forgotten Decade provides a comprehensive assessment of the 1970s that challenges prevailing interpretations of the decade as simply a period of Sovietization characterized by widespread bureaucratization institutionalization and adherence to Soviet orthodoxy. Drawing from multidisciplinary perspectives and exploring a range of areas including politics international relations culture education and healthcare the contributing authors demonstrate that the 1970s were a time of intense transformation that provided pivotal to the development of the Revolution. Indeed many of the ideas approaches policies and legislation developed and tested during this decade maintain a very visible legacy in contemporary Cuba. In highlighting the complexity of the 1970s this volume contributes to a greater understanding of the Cuban Revolution and how the country has faced the challenges of the twenty first century back cover Rauls decade or the first swing of the pendulum Antoni Kapcia Havana and Moscow in the 1970s : Sovietization in an era of détente Mervyn Bain David rising : Cuba and its northern Goliath in the 1970s H. Michael Erisman Canada Cuba relations in the 1970s John M. Kirk Militarized by Moscow : re examining Soviet influence on Cuba in the 1970s Anna Clayfield No secret cure : why the 1970s hold the mystery to Cubas health paradox Robert Huish Sexual education in the 1970s : a health based approach Emily J. Kirk Cuban women and the state : womens lives in the 1970s and the new reproductive bargain Hope Bastian Martínez The three Ps (perfecting professionalization and pragmatism) and their limitations for understanding Cuban education in the 1970s Rosi Smith Is class race and race class : blacks the Cuban Revolution and the 1970s Isaac Saney Black skin red masks : decolonization and literature in 1970s Cuba Par Kumaraswami Utopian cultural construction: Cuban cultural organization in the 1970s Isabel Story Cinema and culture in the 1970s : the art of autonomy Guy Baron ¿Seremos (otra vez) como el Ché : Angola as an alternative narrative to Cuba in the 1970s Raquel Ribeiro Within the revolution everyone : Cuba youth and interrogating the 1970s paradigm Anne Luke