The Last Soldiers of the Cold War

The Story of the Cuban Five

Fernando Morais, Robert Ballantyne, Alex Olegnowicz

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English

Verso
29 July 2015

History; History of the Americas; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; The Cold War; Espionage & secret services

Through the 1980s and 1990s, violent anti-Castro groups based in Florida carried out hundreds of military attacks on Cuba, bombing hotels, dusting Cuban crops with insects, and opening fre with machine guns on Cuban beaches. The Cuban government struck back with the Wasp Network - a group of a dozen men and two women - sent to infiltrate the Florida organizations.

The Last Soldiers of the Cold War tells the story of these unlikely spies, and their eventual unmasking and prosecution by US authorities. Five of the Cubans have languished in US prisons for years. Global best-selling Brazilian author Fernando Morais tells the story of the Cuban Five in vivid, novelistic, page-turning prose, but he also delves probingly into the decades-long conflict between Cuba and the US, the growth of the powerful Cuban exile community in Florida, and what he calls the travesty of justice that resulted in long or life terms for the Cubans on wrongful charges of espionage and murder.

Based on years of research and including exclusive interviews conducted in Cuba with members of the Wasp Network and their families, The Last Soldiers of the Cold War is both a real-life spy thriller and a searching examination of continuing Cold War policy.

By: Fernando Morais
Translated by: Robert Ballantyne, Alex Olegnowicz
Imprint: Verso
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 366g
ISBN: 9781781688762
ISBN 10: 1781688761
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 29 July 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fernando Morais is one of Brazil's most important contemporary writers and journalists. He has received the Esso Award three times and the April Award for journalism on four occasions. Morais works have sold more than two million copies in more than nineteen countries.

Reviews for The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five

Exhaustively researched and cinematically vivid. * Minneapolis Star-Tribune * Morais is to be applauded for bringing the full story to light after years of interviews and research. This work stands alone in the continuing saga of Cuban-American history, past and present. * Library Journal *