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Introduction |
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I Indigenous Society and Conquest |
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Christopher Columbus "Discovers" Cuba, |
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The Devastation of the Indies, |
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Spanish Officials and Indigenous Resistance, |
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Various Spanish Officials |
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"Transculturation" and Cuba, |
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26 | (2) |
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II Sugar, Slavery, and Colonialism |
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A Physician's Notes on Cuba, |
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39 | (5) |
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44 | (5) |
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Autobiography of a Slave, |
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Biography of a Runaway Slave, |
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58 | (7) |
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Miguel Barnet, Pedro Deschamps Chapeaux, Rafael Garcia, and Rafael Duharte |
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Santiago de Cuba's Fugitive Slaves, |
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69 | (5) |
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74 | (5) |
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The Trade in Chinese Laborers, |
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79 | (4) |
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Life on a Coffee Plantation, |
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83 | (5) |
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88 | (3) |
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91 | (3) |
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94 | (3) |
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97 | (6) |
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Gertrudes Gómec de Avellaneda y Arteaga |
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103 | (7) |
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110 | (5) |
III The Struggle for Independence |
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Carlos Manuel de Céspedes |
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115 | (3) |
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Memories of a Cuban Girl, |
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118 | (4) |
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José Marti's "Our America," |
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122 | (6) |
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128 | (2) |
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The Explosion of the Maine, |
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130 | (5) |
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U.S. Cartoonists Portray Cuba, |
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135 | (4) |
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The Devastation of Counterinsurgency, |
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Fifty-fifth Congress, Second Session |
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IV Neocolonialism |
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President Theodore Roosevelt |
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147 | (3) |
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Imperialism and Sanitation, |
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150 | (4) |
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A Child of the Platt Amendment, |
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154 | (3) |
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157 | (6) |
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The Independent Party of Color, |
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El Partido Independiente de Color |
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163 | (4) |
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167 | (4) |
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171 | (9) |
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180 | (6) |
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186 | (3) |
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189 | (3) |
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192 | (13) |
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205 | (7) |
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212 | (7) |
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The First Wave of Cuban Feminism, |
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219 | (7) |
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226 | (8) |
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Migrant Workers in the Sugar Industry, |
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234 | (5) |
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239 | (5) |
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The Invasion of the Tourists, |
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244 | (9) |
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Waiting Tables in Havana, |
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Cipriano Chinea Palero and Lynn Geldof |
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253 | (4) |
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The Brothel of the Caribbean, |
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257 | (3) |
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Oscar Lewis, Ruth M. Lewis, and Susan M. Rigdon |
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260 | (4) |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (5) |
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270 | (4) |
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274 | (7) |
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281 | (2) |
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The United States Confronts the 1933 Revolution, |
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Sumner Welles and Cordell Hull |
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283 | (4) |
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287 | (3) |
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The United Fruit Company in Cuba, |
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290 | (6) |
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Cuba's Largest Inheritance, |
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296 | (2) |
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298 | (2) |
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For Us, It Is Always the 26th of July, |
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300 | (2) |
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Three Comandantes Talk It Over, |
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302 | (4) |
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306 | (9) |
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Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War, |
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315 | (6) |
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The United States Rules Cuba, 1952-1958, |
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321 | (5) |
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The Cuban Story in the New York Times, |
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V Building a New Society |
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337 | (3) |
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340 | (1) |
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Castro Announces the Revolution, |
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341 | (3) |
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Medea Benjamin, Joseph Collins, and Michael Scott |
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344 | (10) |
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Fish à la Grande Jardinière, |
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354 | (9) |
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363 | (7) |
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370 | (5) |
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In the Fist of the Revolution, |
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375 | (3) |
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Medea Benjamin, Joseph Collins, and Michael Scott |
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378 | (8) |
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1961: The Year of Education, |
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386 | (3) |
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Oscar Lewis, Ruth M. Lewis, and Susan M. Rigdon |
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389 | (6) |
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The 'Rehabilitation" of Prostitutes, |
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Oscar Lewis, Ruth M. Lewis, and Susan M. Rigdon |
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395 | (4) |
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399 | (7) |
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Homosexuality, Creativity, Dissidence, |
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406 | (6) |
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412 | (2) |
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Where the Island Sleeps Like a Wing, |
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414 | (5) |
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419 | (5) |
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424 | (3) |
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Post-modern Maroon in the Ultimate Palenque, |
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427 | (6) |
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From Utopianism to Institutionalization, |
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Juan Antonio Blanco and Medea Benjamin |
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433 | (10) |
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Carlos Puebla Sings about the Economy, |
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443 | (8) |
VI Culture and Revolution |
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Roberto Fernández Retamar |
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451 | (7) |
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458 | (8) |
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466 | (9) |
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Paula Pettavino and Geralvn Pye |
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475 | (6) |
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Guillermo Cabrera Infante |
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481 | (7) |
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488 | (2) |
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The Virgin of Charity of Cobre, Cuba's Patron Saint, |
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490 | (8) |
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A Conversation on Santeria and Palo Monte, |
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Oscar Lewis, Ruth M. Lewis, and Susan M. Rigdon |
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498 | (7) |
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The Catholic Church and the Revolution, |
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505 | (4) |
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Havana's Jewish Community, Tom Miller |
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509 | (8) |
VII The Cuban Revolution and the World |
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517 | (9) |
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The Cuban Revolution and the New Left, |
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526 | (4) |
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The U.S. Government Responds to Revolution, |
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Foreign Relations of the United States |
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530 | (6) |
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Castro Calls on Cubans to Resist the Counterrevolution, |
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536 | (4) |
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540 | (4) |
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Offensive Missiles on That Imprisoned Island, |
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President John F. Kennedy |
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544 | (3) |
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Inconsolable Memories: A Cuban View of the Missile Crisis, |
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547 | (5) |
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Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities |
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552 | (5) |
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557 | (4) |
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From Welcomed Exiles to Illegal Immigrants, |
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Félix Roberto Masud-Piloto |
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561 | (5) |
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We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?, |
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568 | (13) |
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Alejandro Portes and Alex Stepick |
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581 | (7) |
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588 | (2) |
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VIII The "Periodo Especial" and the Future of the Revolution |
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Silvio Rodriguez Sings of the Special Period, |
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599 | (8) |
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From Communist Solidarity to Communist Solitary, |
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607 | (16) |
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The Revolution Turns Forty, |
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Colonizing the Cuban Body, |
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628 | (7) |
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Pope John Paul II Speaks in Cuba, |
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635 | (2) |
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Emigration in the Special Period, |
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Steve Fainaru and Ray Sánchez |
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637 | (7) |
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644 | (6) |
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650 | (10) |
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660 | (4) |
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Elizardo Sánchez Santacruz |
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One More Assassination Plot, |
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666 | (9) |
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675 | (3) |
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No Turning Back for Johnny, |
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678 | (13) |
Suggestions for Further Reading |
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Acknowledgment of Copyrights |
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Index |
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