The Last Soldiers of the Cold War, Fernando Morais
The Last Soldiers of the Cold War, Fernando Morais
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The Last Soldiers of the Cold War
The Story of the Cuban Five

Author: Fernando Morais, Robert Ballantyne, Alex Olegnowicz

Narrator: René Ruiz

Unabridged: 10 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/10/2020

Synopsis

Here is the story of political prisoners finally freed in December 2014, after being held captive by the United States since the late 1990s.

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

The Last Soldiers of the Cold War tells the story of those unlikely Cuban spies and their eventual unmasking and prosecution by US authorities. Five of the Cubans received long or life prison terms on charges of espionage and murder. Global best-selling Brazilian author Fernando Morais narrates the riveting tale of the Cuban Five in vivid, page-turning detail, delving into the decades-long conflict between Cuba and the US, the growth of the powerful Cuban exile community in Florida, and a trial that eight Nobel Prize winners condemned as a travesty of justice.

The Last Soldiers of the Cold War is both a real-life spy thriller and a searching examination of the Cold War's legacy.

About The Author

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's works have sold more than two million copies in more than nineteen countries.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gus

Fernando Moraes tem um grande talento para contar histórias mais estranhas que a ficção. Tive contato com a obra do autor pela primeira vez com "corações sujos", relato da seita de imigrantes japoneses que, após o fim da segunda guerra mundial, se recusavam a acreditar que o Japão imperial havia sid......more

Goodreads review by MM Suarez

I really enjoyed this work and definitely recommend it to anyone interested in history and politics specially as it relates to Cuba - U.S relations. Word of caution, if you have a Cuban grandmother it is best not to tell her you've read this book as it is considered heresy by most Cuban Americans of......more

Goodreads review by john

I enjoyed reading this book a lot, and I learned a lot from it. It is about 14 Cubans who were sent secretly to Miami (Florida USA) to infiltrate violent organizations of anti-Castro Cuban exiles who for years carried out attacks in Cuba. In the 1980s and 1990s, these groups frequently bombed hotels......more

Goodreads review by Juliana

Mais uma vez, Fernando Morais apresenta mais uma história verídica, bem relatada, com uma grande riqueza de detalhes e de fácil leitura. É o primeiro livro em que a história se passa totalmente fora do Brasil, tratando de um assunto delicado que é o relacionamento de Cuba e EUA. Os fatos são recente......more

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