Ernesto's Ghost

by Gonzalez,Edward

• ISBN13: 9780765801357
• ISBN10: 0765801353
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Set against a backdrop of real people and events, Ernesto's Ghost is more than an espionage thriller or historical novel about Cuba. It is about moral choices -- the moral choices made by the novel's central character, Professor David Diamond, when he discovers the dark side of the revolution, and the choices made by the other principal characters regarding their revolutionary commitment, their loved ones, and their professionalism.

The time is 1974. A possible rapprochement between the United States and Cuba is in the offing following Nixon's resignation. But Henry Kissinger and the State Department are receiving mixed signals from Havana. On the eve of his trip to Cuba, the CIA tries to enlist Diamond in sorting out Fidel Castro's real intentions.

The novel follows Diamond in Cuba as he begins to doubt the revolution only to fall in love with the stunning Catalina Cruz. It traces Catalina's own struggle in getting over the death of her beloved Ernesto, the epitome of Cuba's new man, and in ultimately questioning her government's policies. And it is a tale

Author Biography

Edward Gonzalez is professor emeritus at UCLA, where he has published academic studies on various aspects of the Cuban revolution as well as RAND reports on U.S. policy toward the Cuban government.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vi
Main Characters	vii
Acronyms and Organizations	viii
Prologue	1	(2)
The True Believer	3	(7)
The Messenger	10	(14)
The Response	24	(17)
Crossroads	41	(11)
Cuba Libre	52	(21)
Encounters	73	(21)
Conflicts	94	(20)
The Pursuer	114	(17)
La Cara Doble	131	(16)
The Debate	147	(21)
Liberation	168	(20)
Foreplay	188	(19)
Introspection	207	(15)
Rendezvous	222	(19)
Realpolitik	241	(13)
Interrogation	254	(14)
Quid Pro Quo	268	(17)
The Debriefing	285	(15)
The Boy Scout	300	(17)
The Reckoning	317	(24)
Author's Note	341