here is a less expensive , but just as expansive, alternative to the book I linked from Amazon.
Same author..
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no idea why access was denied. the link was supposed to go to "ThriftBooks.com", the author is Hugh Thomas, the title is "Cuba or The Pursuit of Freedom", you can search that site either by author or title. around $14 including shipping. Well over a thousand pages, so you must realize that you'll get a bit more cogent information from that tome than you will from this thread. As evidenced by post #6 above.