Cuba at a Crossroads

Cuba at a Cross Roads, the New American Strategy is an account of Cuban history, U.S. – Cuba relations and a polemic against the United States embargo on commerce with Cuba. Written by American author Daniel Bruno Sanz and published in 2009 by, a division of Amazon, the book’s thesis is that external pressure to force change in Cuba has been harmful to Cuban people while not effecting its stated objective of regime change, a view supported by some other authors. Sanz asserts that US policy has had the effect of entrenching the Castro brothers in power and retarding the evolution of Cuban politics.

Content
Sanz’s position is that the United States embargo (aka el bloqueo or the blockade) unwittingly assists the government of Cuba to enforce unpopular policies at home by creating a permanent state of emergency that links all internal dissent to foreign Imperialist interference in the country’s internal affairs while simultaneously encouraging Cuba’s best and brightest to take up automatic residency and benefits in the United States rather than to remain on the island where they might influence the outcome of events.

To sum up, Sanz argues that Fidel Castro is in the tradition of centuries old Cuban nationalism and that U.S. Cuba policy is foolishly driven by personal ambitions, hatreds and petty rivalries in the Cuban-American community and across the rather the national interest. He urges President Obama to abandon all efforts at "regime change" in Cuba.

The book draws on the work of Cuban scholar Fernando Ortiz and is a goldmine of obscure history and factoids about Cuba, including photos of a letter written by an eleven year old Fidel Castro to President Roosevelt asking for ten dollars.

Dr.Sergei Khrushchev, is the son of the late Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union from 1956 to 1964 and whose assistance was crucial to the consolidation of the Cuban Revolution and the rule of Fidel Castro after 1959.

Bibliographical data
Cuba at a Cross Roads was published on May 23, 2009. The book was granted a copyright by the under registration number TX 7-205-995. .

The book is catalogued by the U.S. Library of Congress under control number 2009926446. It is utilized in academia and is catalogued in Oxford University's Bodleian library. The book can be downloaded for free in both English version and Spanish version.

Cuba at a Crossroads: Politics and Economics after the Fourth Party Congress (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1994) edited by Jorge F. Pérez-López is a different book.

External links and further reading

 * Read online or download PDF file English
 * "Cuba at a Cross Roads by Daniel Bruno" huffingtonpostunionofbloggers.org 28th January 2012