Desperation Island.(Cuba: The Morning After -- Confronting Castro's Legacy)(Book Review) From: National Review | Date: October 13, 2003| Author: NORDLINGER, JAY | COPYRIGHT 2003 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Cuba: The Morning After -- Confronting Castro's Legacy, by Mark Falcoff (AEI, 285 pp., $25)

Just as Franco died, and Tito died, and Grandma Moses died, Castro will die -- as unlikely as it seems some days. He has ruled Cuba for 45 years now. It so happens that this is the same amount of time that Communists ruled Eastern Europe. As Mark Falcoff points out in this new book, Castro has reigned over Cuba for almost half of the country's independent existence. (Some independ...