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Product Review Summary: Communist Propaganda in Disguise I agree one hundred percent with MamboCha's review. This book is another example of communist propaganda finesse.
The Cuba then, wasn't the Cuba I left in 1961, and the Cuba now does not portray the destruction and misery the Castro brothers and their puppety government have inflicted in what used to be the most prosperous, educated, and beautiful country in the Caribbean.
My advise to the reader: Please be very careful when choosing books about Cuba, especially those dealing with the history of that country. Shame, shame, shame.
Andrew J. Rodriguez
Award-winning author: "Adios, Havana," a Memoir
PS: To view pictures of the Cuba that was, I recommend the book "Havana Before Castro"
by Peter Moruzzi.
Product Review Summary: Great old pictures The book has awesome pictures. The book review tells the facts about the book. Although most pictures where from before my time, it was very interesting to see how the city has changed over the years.
Product Review Summary: havana then and now It was wonderful to see Habana in the days of my grandparents and parents.I remember so much of my short [8yrs] in Habana.I left in 1960 and returned for a visit in 1991. It was great to see the comparisons of the pictures in the book so artfully done. Very much like the comparisons in my mind when I went back. The only thing missing was pictures of greater Habana.All the surounding suburbs also have their story.
Product Review Summary: BITTERSWEET THIS IS AN INTERESTING BOOK TO SAY THE LEAST. I HAVE SEEN MANY OTHER PICTURES OF THE PRE CASTRO TIMES AND THEY ARE BY FAR MUCH MORE ELGANT AND BOAST A MUCH MORE PROSPEROUS PRE CASTRO TIME. IT IS NOT FAIR TO USE SUCH ANTIQUATED PICTURES TO FURTHER USE WHAT THE CASTRO GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN THEM TO COVER A SOCIAL AND POLITIAL DISASTER.
STILL, NO ONE SAID IT HAD TO BE THE YESTERDAY PICTURES FROM A SPECIFIC TIME SO ALL IN ALL IT IS AN INTERESTING BOOK AND I WOULD NOT CALL IT BAD BECAUSE EVEN DURING THE PERIOD IN WHICH THESE BEFORE PICTURES WERE TAKEN STILL SHOWS CUBAN ARCHITECTURE.
Product Review Summary: Another excellent entry in the Then and Now series If you have an interest in the architecture of Havana and want a taste of what might welcome you if you visited there, this book is for you. Archival photos primarily from the early 1900s are matched with modern photos on the opposite page. It's nice to know there is a movement on now to save some of these historic gems and we get to see restorations. If you want to learn about politics, Cuban culture, or the countryside, you need to look elsewhere. This is about the history of the buildings, and by extension, the people who used them. The only improvement I would suggest would be to supply an approximate year with each of the old pictures.
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