Cuba: a new history

Insecure settlement : slaughter, slavery and piracy, 1511-1740

The Spanish empire under challenge, 1741-1868

Wars of independence and occupation, 1868-1902

The Cuban republic, 1902-1952

Castro's revolution takes shape, 1953-1961

The revolution in power, 1961-1968

Inside the Soviet camp, 1968-1985

Cuba stands alone, 1985-2003.