As a work intended as concise supplementary reading for undergraduates, the general pattern of the series is a smashing success - relating the fascinating history of Cuba in 150 pages of lively narrative - one that will set the tone for the volumes to follow. In its selection of facts and figures and steadily paced story line, this succinct history, from first contact with Europeans to the present, will appeal to students and instructors alike as interesting and informative reading for the Latin American and World History surveys, as well as specialised courses in Cuban History or Latin American-US Relations.