Dateline Havana: The Real Story of US Policy and the Future of Cuba
Dateline Havanacombines good investigative reporting with sharp analysis. Erlich takes us inside the cultures of Cubans and Cuban-Americans, an eyewitness to their lives and their challenging politics over 40 years of reporting from the island nation.Dateline Havanais a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the problems with and seeing change in U.S. Cuba policy.—Walter Cronkite, journalist and former anchor of CBS Evening NewsReese Erlich’s carefully researched new book,Dateline Havana, provides a historical perspective on the reasons that the United States and Cuba don’t get along. It documents the sometimes hilarious and absurd lengths to which the U.S. government and the Cuba Lobby have gone to discredit Fidel Castro.Dateline Havanais mandatory reading for anyone concerned about the future of Cuba.—Lee Lockwood,Castro’s Cuba, Cuba’s FidelInDateline Havana, Erlich talks to people from all sectors of society. Refusing tobe put off by the myriad obstacles that plague journalists trying to cover the Cuban experience, Erlich provides a unique look at a distinct social and economic system filled with contradictions, failures, and successes.—Portia Siegelbaum, network news producerReese Erlich provides a well-documented view of one of our closest yet least understood neighbors. His perspectives on the island nation come from interviews with ordinary citizens as well as officials on both sides of the divide. He ventures an educated guess at how near-future Cuban history will unfold.—Margaret Randall,Cuban Women Now and To Change the World: My Years in Cuba