December 2001

The information contained in this book about the Revolutionary Directorate (RD), the 13th of March movement – the other group of revolutionaries which fought tenaciously against dictator Fulgencio Batista in the 1950s and to which his parents belonged – is historic, exciting and explosive.

The RD (the Directorio) was the real viable alternative to the Batista government, as well as to communism and the autocracy of Fidel Castro. Faria explains how that window of opportunity, support for genuine anti-communist rebels, was closed when the American media and the U.S. government supported Castro's group, the 26th of July movement, rather than the openly anti-communist RD, the 13th of March movement, that stood for free-market reforms and the elimination of government corruption.

Faria¹s family involvement in the revolution as underground members of the RD and his personal adventures during the escape through several Caribbean islands brings together an unforgettable tale of courage and survival.

With the story of escape from communist Cuba with his father and relating it to the revolutionary history of Cuba, Faria provides a compelling setting for exposing the miserly conditions in Cuba today and the reality of living under the unbearably oppressive, totalitarian island regime.

Faria vividly relates the atrocities committed by the communist regime of Fidel Castro, such as the little-known anti-communist wars of the campesinos alzados (peasant revolts) in the Escambray Mountains of his native Las Villas province in the 1960s. He talks about the brutality of the peasant democide, the relocation camps, the arrests, the executions by firing squad, and the unreported acts of courage.

In succeeding chapters, Faria reveals the reality behind the mythic Cuban education and health care, the purportedly great achievements of the Revolution in the "golden years" of the 1970s and 1980s.

This book is more than a recollection of the author¹s escape and a recounting of Cuban revolutionary history. Faria brings us up to date on U.S.-Cuba relations, the reasons for continuing the U.S. embargo, the implications of the Helms-Burton law, and the ramifications of the Elián González saga. Thus, "Cuba in Revolution – Escape From a Lost Paradise" covers other troubling topics, which Faria, with his academic credentials and singular experience, is able to weave together to present as an intriguing, suspenseful, and epic narrative.

"To read 'Cuba in Revolution - Escape From a Lost Paradise' is to relive the author¹s childhood and personal experiences in his native country. With a vibrant and clear prose, Dr. Miguel Faria gives us a rare glimpse inside a historic political process that has been distorted by many interested parties who have applauded the Cuban Revolution and promoted its success and, who naively, consider it worthy of imitation ..." – Roberto A. Solera, LaNuevaCuba.com, columnist and a former editor at El Nuevo Herald, and author of "Cuba: Viaje al Pasado."

"Cuba in Revolution - Escape From a Lost Paradise" is $26.95 (add $3 shipping and handling). Written in English, this hardcover, 450-page book contains illustrations, appendices, a selected bibliography and an extensive index.

You can order directly from our website at http://www.haciendapub.com or you can call toll free 1-800-757-9873 to order. You can still receive this book in time for Christmas – but you must act now! You can also use our mailing address: Hacienda Publishing, P.O. Box 13648, Macon, GA 31208-3648. And, be sure to let us know if you want your book autographed by the author!

To check out Dr. Faria's articles on Cuba and on the Second Amendment, see NewsMax.com (Castro/Cuba and Guns/Gun Control).

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