Hugh Thomas

IntroductionThe famous Spanish writer José Maria Giro-nella says in the preface to his novel The Cypresses Believe in God, "Spain is an unknown country. Experience proves that it is hard to view my country impartially. Even writers of high order succumb to the temptation to adulterate the truth,...

PREFACEThis volume, the first of several about the Cold War, is a picture of the world in early 1946 insofar as it was a battleground in an undeclared war between two new great powers, the Soviet Union and the United States, and their allies. The conflict was one of metaphor so far as the great...

Introduction The famous Spanish writer José Maria Giro-nella says in the preface to his novel The Cypresses Believe in God. "Spain is an unknown country. Experience proves that it is hard to view my country impartially. Even writers of high order succumb to the temptation to adulterate the...

PREFACE I began to write this book on an evening in Havana in July 1961. I stood in the Plaza de la Revolución listening to a speech by Fidel Castro. The immense crowd were treating the occasion as a picnic, despite the sombre tones of the impassioned orator. Small boys sold drinks and hats...