Cuba Wars named finalist for book of the year

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Dan Erikson's "The Cuba Wars" Named as Finalist for 2008 Book of the Year Award

Washington, DC: A recently released book on US-Cuban relations by Inter-American Dialogue senior associate Daniel P. Erikson has been recognized in a prestigious literary competition. The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States and the Next Revolution is a finalist in the political science category of ForeWord magazine’s 2008 Book of the Year Award contest.

Since its publication last November by Bloomsbury Press, The Cuba Wars has been praised by Foreign Affairs magazine as a “fresh, astute, and compassionate exploration of the past two decades of U.S.-Cuban relations," and Current History hailed it as “the most important book on Cuba in a generation.”

Created in 1999, ForeWord magazine’s Book of the Year Award was established to recognize the outstanding literary achievements of independent publishers and their authors. The Cuba Wars is the second consecutive book by an Inter-American Dialogue staff member to be nominated as a finalist for ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award. In 2007, Looking Forward: Comparative Perspectives on Cuba’s Transition, edited by Dialogue vice president Marifeli Pérez-Stable, was nominated in the political science category.

2008 Book of the Year Award finalists are determined by a jury of judges consisting of editors, reviewers, booksellers, librarians, and other publishing professionals. ForeWord magazine will announce the winners on May 30, 2009.

posted by Myriam Marquez

April 08, 2009

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JG: I finished reading Cuba Wars last month and it is a book that I highly recommend to all of those who want to be informed about the Cuba issue. You will not find this book promoted in the ultra right wing anti-Cuba blogs in Miami. Run to your library and borrow a copy, or buy it at your favorite bookstore.