Cuba In Revolution By Antoni Kapcia Discusses Social Change

Cuba in revolution by Antoni Kapcia discusses social change and how the world needs to think about Cuba separate from Europe. The book is a well written history that summarizes Cuba in the 1950’s as its own branch of socialism and not an extension of the Soviet Union. It also gave new insight to the ideas of Castro. The books downfall is that it was for the Castro regime, which alienated some readers from the main point of his argument. One of the book’s main arguments is that Cuba is not extent of Eastern Europe. It also is explores why it did not fall with the Soviet Union. Kapcia makes the point that Cuba’s social revolution was not that of the Soviet Union communism, but that it was revolution of its own. The role of Castro†¦show more content†¦People who were politically opposed to the Cuban revolt were sent to exile. Everyone left in Cuba was happy with the government and supported the government. The public liked no public intervention. The 19 60’s reform, rent was cut in half, raised the minimum wage, literacy went up, and purges were done to place political opposition in exile. This left positive views of the government. Press is also controlled by the government greatly. The government made sure to protect the people and control what the press was releasing. Young people had once leaded the revolution. They went to teach and to fight when the revolution was at its height, â€Å"the youngest revolution, benefit the youth,† describes the role of youth in the revolution(Kapcia,156). Now that the youth were not going off to fight and to teach they were exploring themselves and the United States movement. This left a disconnection between the generations in Cuba and the youth were negatively impacted by this discord in Cuba. The author does two things really well he acknowledge and addresses the audience he has and he makes argument that is cohesive and continuous. One of the things the author does well is address the audience he is talking to. The audience he has is one that views Castro and the Cuban revolt negatively. The positive lean Kapcia gives Castro allows the readers who do have a bias against