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International Journal of Cuban Studies

Volume 1, Issue 1

Issue date: 01 June 2008

Journal: International Journal of Cuban Studies

Front Matter
Back Matter
Why Cuba? Why now? Patrick Pietroni	6
Intriguing parallels Jean Stubbs	8
My early life in Cuba Winston Churchill	12
Walking without crutches: culture, politics and critical thought in Cuba Rafael Hernández	20
South-south development cooperation: Cuba's health programmes in Africa Margaret Blunden	32
Integrating health and human security into foreign policy: Cuba's surprising success Robert Huish, Jerry Spiegel	42
US Cuba Policy after Bush: succession or transition? Stephen Wilkinson	54
Gender, science and technology in 2008 Mavis Dora Álvarez	66
Cuban flora as a source of bioactive compounds Oriela Pino Pérez, Fanny Jorgé Lazo, Ondina Leon Díaz …	69
Combating Smoking in Cuba Rishabh Singh, Risbahb Singh	76
Knowledge creation and knowledge creators within the Cuban higher education system Luís Montero Cabrera	92
Universal higher education and sustainable social development: the Cuban model Jorge Núñez Jover Francisco Benítez Cárdenas, Dimas Hernández Gutiérrez, Aurora Fernández González	102
How peak oil will affect health care and what we should do about it Stuart Jeffery	114
A long journey towards the light Julio García Espinosa, Julio Espinosa García	122
Celebrating contemporary Cuban cinema Ann Cross	128
Good health! Graham Kirkwood	131
Cuba's accidental revolution Mike Carter	132
Family ties in Cuban slave society Camillia Cowling	134
A man for four seasons John Kirk	136
Reinventing the Revolution? George Lambie	138
No accidental revolution Richard Levins	140
CONTRIBUTORS	142